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Article #482Re: It's the ACM Role Playing Game!
From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 16:47
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 16:47
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In article <1991May29.073751.10790@sics.se> craig@sics.se (Craig Partridge) writes: > > What I'm trying to say here is that yes, ACM has its bad spots, but at its > best, ACM is a first class organization. Furthermore, the trend is toward > building on its good work, rather than slipping towards its bad. > > Craig Partridge > Editor, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review Unfortunately, I haven't seen ACM at its best for several years now. What I have seen is advertising in official-looking envelopes, a steady degradation of CACM from respectability to unreadability, and sneaky tactics to get members to contribute to WGBH. The only good parts of ACM seem to be its SIGs, which is why I now only belong to SIGART, and wish that SIGART didn't belong to ACM. Peter F. Patel-Schneider
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ulysses!pfps From: pfps@allegra.att.com (Peter F. Patel-Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: It's the ACM Role Playing Game! Message-ID: <PFPS.91May29124724@ai.allegra.att.com> Date: 29 May 91 16:47:24 GMT References: <1991May27.010251.6255@comp.vuw.ac.nz> <15450.28425cce@zeus.unomaha.edu> <1991May29.073751.10790@sics.se> Sender: netnews@ulysses.att.com Reply-To: pfps@ai.tempo.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 In-reply-to: craig@sics.se's message of 29 May 91 07:37:51 GMT