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In article <1992Dec16.223503.6837@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>, st@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Scott Taylor 3690) writes:
> In article <BzBGLq.9J3@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
> >Agreed.  But if all you are sent for is the talks, your employer would
> >be better off just buying you a copy of the proceedings and telling you
> >to read it.  If your employer thinks it worth sending you in person, they
> 
> I have never attended a Usenix conference.  I hope that Usenix-ites are NOT
> as stuffy as some of the people who have responded like this.
> 
> C'mon Henry, attending the talks != reading the proceedings.

That's exactly Henry's point -- that there's far more to a conference
than the printed papers, or even the oral presentation of them.  One
can go to ``converse, confer, and likewise hobnob with one's brother [sic]
wizards''.  That's the main point -- to be able to grab someone in the
hallway and find out what's *really* going on, and to arrive, together,
at a better solution to your joint problems.