Bill Fontana (born USA 1947) is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound. In a career spanning 30 years, Fontana’s self defined ‘sound sculptures’ use the urban environment as a living source of musical information, all with the potential to conjure up visual imagery in the mind of the listener. He has made works all over the world and has presented his sound sculptures extensively, including at the Venice Biennale, The Reina Sofia, Madrid, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Tate Modern, London.
BILL FONTANA the composer should not be confused with Bill Fontana of "Bill Fontana and Peppy the Log Rolling Pooch" fame who performed at sportsmen's shows, fairs, exhibitions and dog shows all over the USA, Canada, Europe and Japan for over 20 years. This Bill Fontana was from Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada and before his retirement was recognized as one of North America's foremost dog trainers often working with various retrievers, particularly German Shorthairs.
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates met with Network World Senior Editor John Fontana last week at NetWorld+Interop 2000 to talk about the antitrust case against his company and a variety of technology matters, including the role of XML, security standards, application service providers and those ever-present viruses.
If you don't think people are going to pay attention to those [attachement] warning screens, then you have to give up mailing executable enclosures.
Go online for his remarks and find out what role he thinks XML will play in the Internet's future.
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