Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Usenix vs. Uniforum Message-ID: <281@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Jan-87 12:46:46 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.281 Posted: Tue Jan 6 12:46:46 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 00:59:36 EST References: <2833@osu-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 31 > ... but I am unfamiliar with the distinctions between DECUS and >/usr/group, and lately with the Usenix vs. Uniforum concept. I'm going >to a conference at Uniforum, and want to make sure I don't miss >anything. > >Can someone enlighten me? You've mentioned three users' groups. DECUS - the Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society - is a users' group for DEC users. They emphasize DEC products, and allow those users to share ideas about what they're doing with the DEC stuff. DECUS holds conferences twice each year. The Usenix Association and /usr/group are both users' groups oriented towards the Unix operating system. Usenix is more academically and technically oriented, and /usr/group is more market oriented. Usenix and /usr/group are sponsoring concurrent conferences in Washington, D.C. the week of January 19. The conference and show sponsored by /usr/group is called Uniforum. There will probably be shuttles available between the two conferences, but separate registrations are required. Usenix also sponsores a summer conference, which is typically accompanied by a small vendor exhibit. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2560 Ninth St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146 "A man of quality is not threatened by a woman of equality."