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Article #1220Re: Usenix vs. Uniforum
From: Monte Pickard
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1987 06:09
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1987 06:09
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In article <562@brl-sem.ARPA>, ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) writes: > UNIFORUM - Originally the name given to the combined /usr/group and USENIX > show, I think this name is actually owned by /usr/group. Anyhow the > twice a year /usr/group /vendr/show has the spiffiest Exhibition Floor > but the talks and the tutorials seem to hit things like how to raise > venture capital and the like which may or may not interest you. > > Over the past few years USENIX and /vendor/show have tried to at least > partially arrive in the same cities at the same time. Washington, D.C. > two years ago was the first. Dallas was the second, and now it returns > to Washington. > > -Ron Actually the first 'joint' conference was in San Diego, called Unicom, in 1982. /usr/group was 'using the coat tails' of usenix to launch their more commercial shows. The real politics started then. Usenix was always good for the technocrats. Both seems to have value now, whether in the same city, at the same time, or not. Monte Pickard - Counterpoint Computers
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!amdahl!nsc!oblio!monte From: monte@oblio.UUCP (Monte Pickard) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Usenix vs. Uniforum Message-ID: <374@oblio.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 01:09:44 EST Article-I.D.: oblio.374 Posted: Wed Jan 7 01:09:44 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 06:46:17 EST References: <2833@osu-eddie.UUCP> <562@brl-sem.ARPA> Organization: Counterpoint Computers, San Jose Lines: 21 Summary: usenix vs Uniforum