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[173.48.168.163]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f184-v6sm1940960qkc.23.2018.09.05.17.23.28 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:23:28 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) From: Clem cole X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (15G77) In-Reply-To: <53afe3bc-b775-154b-b764-7bc6ac4769ec@aueb.gr> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 20:23:27 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <778C65CA-0447-41F0-8F6F-3E3277CFA847@ccc.com> References: <20180826003127.GA18905@minnie.tuhs.org> <20180826041046.GA3176@thunk.org> <53afe3bc-b775-154b-b764-7bc6ac4769ec@aueb.gr> To: Diomidis Spinellis Subject: Re: [TUHS] Usenix: no official Unix 50th celebration, apparently X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I=E2=80=99ll ok into it.=20 Sent from my PDP-7 Running UNIX V0 expect things to be almost but not quite.= =20 > On Sep 5, 2018, at 5:31 PM, Diomidis Spinellis wrote: >=20 >> On 26/08/2018 07:10, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: >> [...] >> The question I would raise is whether some kind of 50th celebration >> has to be colocated with Usenix ATC, especially if the Usenix BoD is >> not innterested in lending much in the way of financial or staff >> support. For example, maybe something combined with some kind of >> fund-raising event held at the Compute History Museum in the Bay Area? >> Or perhaps the Linux Foundation might be willing to do a Unix 50th >> celebration at their 2019 Open Source Summit event? >> It does seem to me that Usenix ought to have the right of first >> refusal to host such a celebration, but if the Board isn't willing to >> step it up, there are other possibilities that could be explored. >=20 > One possibility might be to propose a "50th Unix Anniversary" Developer Ro= om at FOSDEM 2019 [1]. FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to me= et, share ideas and collaborate. It takes place every year with thousands o= f developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather= ing in Brussels. >=20 > Our room can be used to host presentations related to topics such as the U= nix history, the 50th anniversary, and the reconstruction efforts of histori= c editions. The many *BSD and Linux folks that attend FOSDEM together with t= housands of other open source aficionados provide an excellent audience for o= ur event. We can also combine the presentations with a TUHS stand where we c= an display running historic software. >=20 > The deadline for room proposals is September 20th and for stands November 2= nd [2]. FOSDEM is entirely organized by volunteers and attendance is free w= ithout registration. We don't have to pay anything for the room and the sta= nd, but we also can't expect any funding from the organizers for flying peop= le in. >=20 > [1] https://fosdem.org/2019/ > [2] https://fosdem.org/2019/news/2018-08-10-call-for-participation/ >=20 > Diomidis