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- From: std-unix@uunet.UU.NET
-
- This is the latest in a series of similar comp.std.unix articles,
- intended to give summary information about UNIX User groups;
- to be accurate, but not exhaustive. It's cross-posted to
- comp.org.usenix and comp.unix.questions because there might be
- interest there.
-
- There are three related articles, posted at the same time as this one,
- and with subjects
- Calendar of UNIX-related Events
- Access to UNIX-Related Publications
- 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).
-
- Changes since last posting:
- USENIX Conferences 1992 and 1993, and corrected dates, 1989-1991.
- UniForum 1993.
- UNIX EXPO.
- EUUG dates, locations, hotels, 1988-1991.
- JUS UNIX Fair '88 dates.
- AMIX date.
- All dates put in same format as in the calendar posting.
- Publications split into separate posting.
-
-
- Access information is given in this article for the following:
- user groups: USENIX, /usr/group, UNIX Expo,
- EUUG, AUUG, NZUSUGI, JUS, KUUG, AMIX,
- DECUS UNIX SIG, Sun User Group (SUG),
- Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society (ADUS),
- AT&T and Sun V.4 Software Developer Conferences,
- Open Software Foundation (OSF).
-
- 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:
-
- 1989 Jan 30-Feb 3 USENIX Town & Country Inn, San Diego, CA
- 1989 Jun 12-16 USENIX Hyatt Regency, Baltimore, MD
- 1990 Jan 22-26 USENIX Washington, DC
- 1990 Jun 11-15 USENIX Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA
- 1991 Jan 21-25 USENIX Dallas, TX
- 1991 Jun 10-14 USENIX Opryland, Nashville, TN
- 1992 Jan 20-24 USENIX Hilton Square, San Francisco, CA
- 1992 Jun 8-12 USENIX Marriott, San Antonio, TX
- 1993 Jan USENIX somewhere in northeast of North America
-
- They also sponsor workshops, such as
-
- 1988 Sep 26-27 U&Supercomp. W USENIX, Pittsburgh, PA
- 1988 Oct 17-21 C++ Conference USENIX, Denver, CO
- 1988 Nov 17-18 Large Install. Syst. Adm. W II, USENIX, Monterey, CA
- 1989 Apr Soft. Management W USENIX, New Orleans, LA
-
- 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 distribute the
- 2.10BSD software distribution. They coordinate a software exchange for
- appropriately licensed members. 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.
-
- 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.
- There is also a USENIX Standards Watchdog Committee following several
- standards bodies. 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.
-
- 1989 Feb 28-Mar 3 UniForum Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
- 1990 Jan 23-26 UniForum Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
- 1991 Jan 22-25 UniForum Infomart, Dallas, TX
- 1992 Jan 21-24 UniForum Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
- 1993 Mar 2-4 UniForum 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.
-
-
- UNIX EXPO is an annual very large vendor exhibit in New York City
- with tutorials and technical presentations. It is held at the
- Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, with lodging arrangements with
- the Sheraton Centre Hotel, both in Manhattan.
-
- 1988 Oct 31-Nov 2 UNIX EXPO Javits Conv. C, New York, NY
-
- National Expositions Co., Inc.
- 15 West 39th Street
- New York, NY 10018
- U.S.A.
-
- +1-212-581-1000
- Telex: 421130
- Fax: +1-212-262-4410
- Reservations Department
- Sheraton Centre Hotel
- 811 Seventh Avenue
- New York, NY 10019
- U.S.A.
-
-
- 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
- +44 763 73039
- fax: +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:
-
- 1988 Oct 3-7 Lisbon, Portugal
- 1989 Apr 10-14 Brussels, Belgium
- 1988 Oct 3-7 EUUG Hotel Estoril Sol, Estoril, Portugal
- Chair: Dr Peter Collinson <pc@ukc.ac.uk>
- 1988 Apr 3-7 EUUG Palais des Congres, Brussels, Belgium
- Chair: Prof Marc Nyssen <marc@minf.vub.uucp>
- 1989 Sep 18-22 EUUG WU Vien, Vienna, Austria
- Chair: eva Kuehn
- 1990 Apr 23-27 EUUG Munich, Germany (tentative)
- 1990 Autumn EUUG south of France
- 1991 Spring EUUG Tromso?, Norway (tentative)
-
-
-
- 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
-
- 1988 Sep 13-15 AUUG Melbourne
-
- It 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 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
- bod%jus.junet@uunet.uu.net
- +81-3-234-5058
-
- 1988 Nov 10-11 UNIX Symposium Osaka, Japan
- 1988 Dec 17-18 UNIX FAIR '88 Tokyo, Japan
-
-
- AMIX - the Israeli UNIX user group, is a S.I.G. of the Israeli Processing
- Association (IPA). AMIX has a yearly conference:
-
- 1989 May 14-16 AMIX Israel
-
- AMIX, c/o IPA
- P.O. Box 919
- Ramat-Gan
- Israel, 52109
- Tel: +972-3-715770
- Tel: +972-3-715772
- 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 DECUS Symposia are:
-
- 1988 Oct 17-21 DECUS S Anaheim, California
- 1989 May 8-12 DECUS S Atlanta, Georgia
- 1989 Nov 6-10 DECUS S Anaheim, California
- 1990 May 7-11 DECUS S 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
-
- Their next annual conference is:
-
- 1988 Dec 5-7 SUG Fontainebleau Hilton, Miami Beach, Florida
-
-
- 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, and later joined
- by Philips. 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
-
- +1-508-683-6803
- Larry Lytle or Gary McCormack
- Open Software Foundation
- 20 Ballard Way
- Lawrence, MA 01843
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 15, Number 10
-
-