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- This is the latest in a series of similar mod.std.unix articles.
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- Access information is given in this article for the following:
- user groups: USENIX, /usr/group, EUUG, AUUG
- newsletters: ;login:, CommUNIXations, EUUG, AUUGN
- magazines: UNIX REVIEW, UNIX/WORLD
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- USENIX is "The Professional and Technical UNIX(R) Association."
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- USENIX Association
- P.O. Box 7
- El Cerrito, CA 94530
- 415-528-8649
- {ucbvax,decvax}!usenix!office
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- USENIX sponsors two USENIX Conferences a year, featuring technical papers.
- The next one is in Washington, D.C., 20-23 January 1987.
- They publish ";login: The USENIX Association Newsletter"
- which is sent free of charge to all their members.
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- /usr/group is "the commercially oriented UNIX system users organization."
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- /usr/group
- 4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
- Santa Clara, California 95054
- 408-986-8840
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- They publish a newsletter called CommUNIXations.
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- The annual Uniforum Conferences are sponsored by /usr/group
- and feature a large trade show. The next one is in D.C.
- at the same time as the next USENIX Conference. USENIX
- and /usr/group have held several concurrent conferences
- in the past and will probably do so in the future.
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- Both USENIX and /usr/group also have tutorials at their
- conferences and both sponsor other meeting activities
- in addition to their regular conferences.
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- EUUG is the European UNIX systems Users Group.
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- EUUG secretariat
- Owles Hall
- Buntingford
- Herts SG9 9PL
- England
- seismo!mcvax!euug
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- They have a newsletter and hold two conferences a year.
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- AUUG is the Australian UNIX systems users Group.
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- AUUG
- P.O. Box 366
- Kensington
- N.S.W. 2033
- Australia
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- seismo!munnari!auug
- auug@munnari.oz.au
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- Phone contact can occasionally be made at +61 3 344 5225
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- AUUG holds biennial conferences, usually of 2 days each:
- the next one will probably be in late February 1986.
- They publish a newsletter (AUUGN) at a frequency defined
- to be every 2 months.
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- There are similar groups in other parts of the world, such as Japan and
- Korea. If such a group wishes to be included in later versions of this
- access list, they should please send me information.
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- The two main general circulation magazines about the UNIX system are
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- 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
- 415-397-1881 415-940-1500
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- Corrections and additions to this article are solicited.
- Oh, yes: "UNIX is a Registered Trademark of AT&T."
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- Volume-Number: Volume 7, Number 33
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