Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site daemon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!daemon!davest From: davest@daemon.UUCP (Dave Stewart) Newsgroups: net.usenix Subject: Re: Complaint about Uniforum plenary sessions Message-ID: <442@daemon.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 16:26:02 EST Article-I.D.: daemon.442 Posted: Fri Mar 1 16:26:02 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 07:05:44 EST References: <788@u1100a.UUCP> Reply-To: davest@daemon.UUCP (Dave Stewart) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 21 Summary: In article <788@u1100a.UUCP> sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan) writes: >I was a bit upset by the plenary (opening) talks each day at >Uniforum. Each speaker sounded like he was selling something. > ... >What I expected to hear were talks on the state of the art of the >UNIX system, proposed new architectures and applications, and ... Uniforum is always the market-oriented "trade show" and the Usenix conference is the technical conference. Although I am surprised that the Uniforum plenary sessions were so company-specific, I am not surprised that they dealt with strictly marketing issues as opposed to rising to the level of technical issues. Our group decided a year ago at Washington not to send people to Uniforum any more because of this orientation and we are software engineers, not marketeers. Given the usual audience at Uniforum, most people probably thought those talks were fantastic ... -- David C. Stewart uucp: tektronix!davest Small Systems Support Group csnet: davest@TEKTRONIX Tektronix, Inc. phone: (503) 627-5418