From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 32071 invoked from network); 5 Apr 2021 18:32:41 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Apr 2021 18:32:41 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8B82F9CAB8; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 04:32:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E299C883; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 04:31:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2AA759C883; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 04:31:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 739689C83D for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 04:31:39 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 135IVLfl013931 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 5 Apr 2021 12:31:21 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 135IVKJS013930; Mon, 5 Apr 2021 12:31:20 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202104051831.135IVKJS013930@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:31:20 -0600 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, norman@oclsc.org References: <20210405162050.DBFDD640CB7@lignose.oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: <20210405162050.DBFDD640CB7@lignose.oclsc.org> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Whither Usenix [was How To Kill A Technical Conference] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" norman@oclsc.org (Norman Wilson) wrote: > Arnold: > > But for several years now I have been increasingly dissatisfied with the > research nature of most of the articles. Very few of them are actually > useful (or even interesting) to me in a day-to-day sense. > > === > > I guess it depends on your interests, and also on what you look at. Yes, exactly. For me, Usenix provides little added value. I had been debating leaving Usenix for several years already; the move to soft copy ;login: clinched it for me. I'm not happy about it, but I had to recognize my personal reality. > Either way I think what USENIX does is worth while. I agree. For example, I would not like to see Usenix disappear. But I no longer am getting value for my membership dollars. So, not a value judgement on Usenix as a whole, merely a statement of my personal situation. Arnold