Access to UNIX User Groups
std-unix at uunet.UU.NET
std-unix at uunet.UU.NET
Mon Sep 12 06:07:20 AEST 1988
From: std-unix at 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 at 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 at 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 at ukc.ac.uk>
1988 Apr 3-7 EUUG Palais des Congres, Brussels, Belgium
Chair: Prof Marc Nyssen <marc at 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 at 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 at 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 at bimacs.bitnet
amix at 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 at 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
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