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 hammer.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!orca!hammer!steveg From: steveg@hammer.UUCP (Steve Glaser) Newsgroups: net.usenix Subject: Re: Complaint about Uniforum plenary sessions Message-ID: <1134@hammer.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 22:46:29 EST Article-I.D.: hammer.1134 Posted: Fri Mar 1 22:46:29 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 07:06:45 EST References: <788@u1100a.UUCP> Reply-To: steveg@hammer.UUCP (Steve Glaser) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 34 ek. (The January 86 meetings are scheduled for different citys at different times.) Uniforum is a conference put on by /usr/group and seems to be evolving towards a trade show sort of conference. My guess is that by typical trade show standards, the papers at Uniforum were above average. The problem is that many engineers don't go to trade shows (or if they do, they ignore the sessions). Try going to COMDEX sometime. The USENIX Association has been trying to stay in the technical realm. Papers attempting to push a particular product are discouraged by both the program committe and the membership (some may sneak in anyway - it's hard to control what somebody says after you give them get the podium). On the whole, the quality of papers at Usenix is improving. For the Portland conference, selected papers will be reviewd by Software Practice and Experience for a special edition. Steve Glaser P.S. Dates for USENIX/Portland are June 11-14, 1985. 1-2 page abstracts are due March 18th (yes that's right, March 18th). You can mail abstracts to ucbvax!portland. Further details are available from the USENIX Conference Office P.O. Box 385 Sunset Beach CA 90742 (phone 213-592-3243 or 213-592-1381). A pre-registration packet will be mailed out in early April.