Xref: utzoo comp.std.unix:204 comp.org.usenix:518 comp.unix.questions:7841 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-sally!longway!std-unix From: std-unix@uunet.UU.NET Newsgroups: comp.std.unix,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.questions Subject: Access to UNIX User Groups and Publications Message-ID: <199@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 28 Jun 88 01:17:59 GMT Expires: 19 Jul 88 21:45:37 GMT Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: std-unix@uunet.UU.NET Lines: 467 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman) This is the latest in a series of similar comp.std.unix articles, intended to give summary information about UNIX User groups and publications; to be accurate, but not exhaustive. I'm cross-posting it to comp.org.usenix and comp.unix.questions because there might be interest there. There are two related articles, posted at the same time as this one, and with subjects ``Calendar of UNIX-related Events'' and ``Access to UNIX-Related Standards.'' The latter is posted only to comp.std.unix. Corrections and additions to this article are solicited. I keep track of the conferences, groups, and publications that I attend, am a member of, or subscribe to. All others (the majority of the listings) I derive either from listings elsewhere, or from contributions by readers. In particular, the meeting schedules and descriptions of most of the groups are provided by their members. If a group doesn't have a meeting schedule listed, it's because nobody has sent me one. This is a low-budget operation: I publish what I have on hand when the time comes (approximately monthly). Recent additions: None. Access information is given in this article for the following: user groups: USENIX, /usr/group, EUUG, AUUG, NZUSUGI, JUS, KUUG, AMIX, DECUS UNIX SIG, Sun User Group, Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society, AT&T and Sun V.4 Software Developer Conferences, Open Software Foundation. newsletters: ;login:, /usr/digest, EUUGN, AUUGN, NUZ journal: Computing Systems magazines: CommUNIXations, UNIX REVIEW, UNIX/WORLD, Multi-User Computing Magazine, UNIX Systems, UNIX Magazine Telephone numbers are given in international format, i.e., +n at the beginning for the country code, e.g., +44 is England, +81 Japan, +82 Korea, +61 Australia, +64 New Zealand, and +1 is U.S.A. or Canada. UNIX is a Registered Trademark of AT&T. USENIX is ``The Professional and Technical UNIX(R) Association.'' USENIX Association P.O. Box 2299 Berkeley, CA 94710 U.S.A. +1-415-528-8649 {uunet,ucbvax,decvax}!usenix!office office@usenix.org USENIX sponsors two USENIX Conferences a year, featuring technical papers, as well as tutorials, and with vendor exhibits at the summer conferences: Jan 31-Feb 3 1989 Town & Country Inn, San Diego, CA Jun 12-16 1989 Hyatt Regency, Baltimore, MD Jan 23-26 1990 Washington, DC Jun 11-15 1990 Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA Jan 22-25 1991 Dallas, TX Jun 10-14 1991 Opryland, Nashville, TN They also sponsor workshops, such as Aug 29-30 1988 UNIX Security, Portland, OR Sep 26-27 1988 UNIX & Supercomputing, Pittsburgh, PA Oct 17-20 1988 C++ Conference (tentative), Denver, CO Nov 17-18 1988 Large Installation System Administration II, Monterey,CA Proceedings for all conferences and workshops are available at the door and by mail later. USENIX publishes ``;login: The USENIX Association Newsletter'' bimonthly. It is sent free of charge to all their members and includes technical papers. There is a USENET newsgroup, comp.org.usenix, for discussion of USENIX-related matters. In 1988, USENIX started publishing a new refereed quarterly technical journal, ``Computing Systems: The Journal of the USENIX Association,'' in cooperation with University of California Press. They also publish an edition of the 4.3BSD manuals, and they occasionally sponsor experiments, such as methods of improving the USENET and UUCP networks (e.g., uunet), that are of interest and use to the membership. They distribute tapes of contributed software and are pursuing expanding that activity. There is a USENIX Institutional Representative on the IEEE P1003 Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments Committee. That representative also moderates the USENET newsgroup comp.std.unix, which is for discussion of UNIX-related standards, especially P1003. For more details, see the posting in comp.std.unix, ``Access to UNIX-Related Standards.'' /usr/group is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the promotion of products and services based on the UNIX operating system. /usr/group 4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200 Santa Clara, California 95054 U.S.A. tel: +1-408-986-8840 fax: +1-408-986-1645 The annual UniForum Conference and Trade Show is sponsored by /usr/group and features vendor exhibits, as well as tutorials and technical sessions. Feb 28-Mar 3 1989 Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA Jan 23-26 1990 Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Jan 22-25 1991 Infomart, Dallas, TX Jan 21-24 1992 Moscone Center, San Francisco CA (tentative) They also sponsor a regional show, UniForum D.C.: Aug 2-4 1988 Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Proceedings for all conferences are available at the shows and later by mail. /usr/group publishes ``CommUNIXations,'' a member magazine that features articles by industry leaders and observers, technical issues, standards coverage, and new product announcements. /usr/group also publishes the ``UNIX Products Directory,'' which lists products and services developed specifically for the UNIX operating system. ``/usr/digest'' is also published by /usr/group. This newsletter covers product announcements and industry projections, and is sent biweekly to General members of /usr/group and to non-member subscribers. /usr/group has long been deeply involved in UNIX standardization, having sponsored the ``/usr/group 1984 Standard,'' providing an Institutional Representative to the IEEE P1003 Portable Operating System for Computer Environments Committee, and sponsoring the /usr/group Technical Committee on areas that P1003 has not yet addressed. They have recently produced an executive summary, ``Your Guide to POSIX,'' and a technical overview ``POSIX Explored,'' and funded production of a draft of a ``Rationale and Notes'' appendix for IEEE 1003.1. EUUG is the European UNIX systems Users Group, which is currently celebrating its tenth anniversary. EUUG is closely coordinated with national groups in Europe, and with the European UNIX network, EUnet. EUUG secretariat Owles Hall Buntingford Herts SG9 9PL England Telephone +44 763 73039 Telefax +44 763 73255 uunet!mcvax!inset!euug euug@inset.co.uk They have a newsletter, EUUGN (a previous version of this article appeared in the latest one), and hold two conferences a year: 3-7 October 1988, Lisbon, Portugal April 1989, Brussels, Belgium AUUG is the Australian UNIX systems Users Group. AUUG P.O. Box 366 Kensington N.S.W. 2033 Australia uunet!munnari!auug auug@munnari.oz.au Phone contact can occasionally be made at +61 3 344 5225 AUUG holds at least one conference a year, usually in the spring (August or September). The next one will be in Melbourne on 13-15 September 1988, will be the first three day meeting, will have a larger equipment exhibition than any before, and will be professionally organized for the first time. They publish a newsletter (AUUGN) at a frequency defined to be every 2 months. The New Zealand UNIX Systems User Group, Inc. (NZUSUGI) has an annual meeting and publishes a newsletter, ``NUZ.'' New Zealand UNIX Systems User Group P.O. Box 585 Hamilton New Zealand +64-9-454000 The next and fifth annual meeting is the New Zealand UNIX Systems User Group (NZUSUGI) 1988 Conference, June 9-11 1988, in Wellington, New Zealand. If you wish to present a paper, acceptance of which entitles you to a free conference registration, please contact the local speakers organiser, Dr Dick Cooper, ADATA, PO Box 2555, Christchurch, New Zealand, dick%cantuar@comp.vuw.ac.nz or ...uunet!vuwcomp!cantuar!dick If you would just like to attend, please respond to Ray Brownrigg, including a postal address for the delivery of further information as it becomes available. Registration forms are expected to be available in February. UUCP: {utai!calgary,uunet}!vuwcomp!dsiramd!ray ACSnet: ray@dsiramd.nz[@munnari] Ray Brownrigg Applied Maths Div, DSIR PO Box 1335 Wellington New Zealand The Korean UNIX User Group (KUUG) has a software distribution service and a newsletter. Korean UNIX User Group ETRI P.O. Box 8 Daedug Science Town Chungnam 300-32 Republic of Korea +82-042-822-4455 The Japan UNIX Society has two meetings a year, and a newsletter. Japan UNIX Society (JUS) #505 Towa-Hanzomon Corp. Bldg. 2-12 Hayabusa-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Japan +81-03-234-2611 1988 Jul 6-8 UNIX Symposium Tokyo, Japan 1988 Nov 10-11 UNIX Symposium Osaka, Japan AMIX - the Israeli UNIX user group, is a S.I.G. of the Israeli Processing Association (IPA). AMIX has a yearly conference (next one on 4-6 July 1988) and a yearly workshop (last one was in November). AMIX, c/o IPA P.O. Box 919 Ramat-Gan Israel, 52109 Tel: 00972-3-715770,715772 amix@bimacs.bitnet amix@bimacs.biu.ac.il There are similar groups in other parts of the world. If such a group wishes to be included in later versions of this access list, they should please send me information. There is a partial list of national organizations in the November/December 1987 CommUNIXations. DECUS, the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society, has a UNIX SIG (Special Interest Group) that participates in its general meetings, which are held twice a year. DECUS U.S. Chapter 219 Boston Post Road, BP02 Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752-1850 U.S.A. +1-617-480-3418 The next two DECUS Symposia are: Oct 17-21, 1988 Anaheim, California May 8-12, 1989 Atlanta, Georgia Nov 6-10, 1989 Anaheim, California May 7-11, 1990 New Orleans, Louisiana See also the USENET newsgroup comp.org.decus. The Sun User Group (SUG) is an international organization that promotes communication among Sun users, OEMs, third party vendors, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. SUG sponsors conferences, collects and distributes software, produces the README newsletter and T-shirts, sponsors local user groups, and communicates members' problems to Sun employees and management. Sun Microsystems User Group, Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 U.S.A. +1 415 960 1300 users@sun.com sun!users They have not set a date/location for the 1988 conference yet, but are actively looking for a hotel (with good pricing and lots of room). They've narrowed it down to several locations - Miami/Tampa Florida, Houston/Dallas Texas, and New Orleans LA. The date will probably be very early December, 1988. ADUS is the Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society: Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society c/o Andrea Woloski, ADUS Coordinator Apollo Computer Inc. 330 Billerica Rd. Chelmsford, MA 01824 +1-617-256-6600, x4448 AT&T and Sun Microsystems are holding a series of Software Developer Conferences on System V Release 4.0, related to the Sun/AT&T Applications Binary Interface (ABI). 1988 Sep 14-16 New York, NY 1988 Sep 27-29 Los Angeles, CA 1988 Oct 11-13 Tokyo, Japan 1988 Oct 25-27 London, England 1988 Nov 9-11 Boston, MA 1988 Nov 29-Dec 1 Chicago, IL 1988 Dec 13-15 Washington, DC 1988 TBA Toronto, ON For more information, call 1-800-387-6100. The Open Software Foundation (OSF) is a vendor group formed 17 May 1988 by Apollo, Bull, DEC, HP, IBM, Nixdorff, and Siemens. Excerpts from a press release of that date: The Open Software Foundation (OSF) will develop a software environment, including application interfaces, advanced system extensions, and a new operating system, using X/Open(tm) and POSIX* specifications as the starting point. ... OSF membership is available to computer hardware and software suppliers, educational institutions, and government agencies around the world. ... The foundation has a management organization, staff, and a funding comittment in excess of $90 million to begin immediate operations. Its initial development will be based on technologies offered by the members and its own research, to be carried out worldwide. A research institute is being created to fund research for the advancement of applications portability, interoperability standards, and other advanced technologies for future foundation use. An academic advisory panel will provide guidance and input to the institute. The Institute's research will be conducted worldwide. For more information, contact: Deborah Siegel Cohn & Wolfe +1 212-951-8300 or Open Software Foundation 20 Ballard Way Lawrence, MA 01843 The main general circulation (more than 10,000 copies per issue) magazines specifically about the UNIX system are: UNIX REVIEW UNIX/WORLD Miller Freeman Publications Co. Tech Valley Publishing 500 Howard Street 444 Castro St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Mountain View, CA 94041 U.S.A. U.S.A. monthly monthly +1-415-397-1881 +1-415-940-1500 Multi-User Computing magazine UNIX Systems Storyplace Ltd. Eaglehead Publishing Ltd. 42 Colebrook Row Maybury Road London N1 8AF Woking, Surrey GU21 5HX England England +44 1 704 9351 +44 48 622 7661 UNIX Magazine Jouji Ohkubo c/o ASCII Corp. jou-o@ascii.junet +81-3-486-4523 fax: +81-3-486-4520 telex: 242-6875 ASCIIJ Some of the above information about magazines was taken from the November/December 1987 issue of CommUNIXations, which also lists some smaller-circulation magazines and newsletters. In addition, there is the Journal of the USENIX Association and the /usr/group member magazine: Computing Systems CommUNIXations USENIX Association /usr/group P.O. Box 2299 4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200 Berkeley, CA 94710 Santa Clara, California 95054 U.S.A. U.S.A. quarterly bimonthly +1-415-528-8649 +1-408-986-8840 Finally, Dominic Dunlophas pointed out several publications that frequently include articles about the UNIX system or the C language. I've listed them below; the comments after each entry are his. I have excluded listings of magazines about specific hardware. AT&T Technical Journal AT&T Bell Laboratories Circulation Dept. Room 1K-424 101 J F Kennedy Parkway Short Hills, NJ 07078 Bimonthly $40/yr (US); $50/yr (overseas) +1 201 564-2582 While few issues are devoted to UNIX, most turn out to mention its applications. Byte McGraw-Hill Inc. Phoenix Mill Lane Peterborough, NH 03458 Monthly $22/yr (US); $25/yr(Mex,Can); $37/yr (surface); $69/yr (air,Europe) +1 603 924-9281 Concentrates mainly on personal computers, but covers low end of UNIX market in some depth. The C Users Journal ``A service of the C Users Group.'' R&D Publications Inc PO Box 97 McPherson, KS 67460 Eight issues per year $20/yr (US/Mex/Can); $30/yr (overseas) +1 316 241-1065 Mainly DOS-oriented; some UNIX. Unique ``The UNIX System Information Source.'' Infopro Systems PO Box 220 Rescue, CA 95672 Monthly $79/yr (US,overseas); $99/yr (air) +1 916 677-5870 High-quality industry newsletter. Emphasis on marketing implications of technical developments. The following information about bookstores was taken from the November/December 1987 issue of CommUNIXations. In the interests of space, I have arbitrarily limited the selection listed here to those bookstores or suppliers specifically dedicated to computer books, and not part of other organizations. Computer Literacy Bookshop UNIX Book Service 2590 No. First St. 35 Bermuda Terrace San Jose, CA 95131 Cambridge, CB4 3LD U.S.A. England +1-408-4350-1118 +44-223-313273 Cucumber Bookshop Jim Joyce's UNIX Book Store 5611 Kraft Ave. 47 Potomac St. Rockville, MD 20852 San Francisco, CA 94117 U.S.A. U.S.A. +1-301-881-2722 +1-415-626-7581 Volume-Number: Volume 14, Number 24