Access to UNIX User Groups and Publications

Wed May 18 08:09:18 AEST 1988

This is the latest in a series of similar comp.std.unix articles,
intended to give summary information about UNIX User groups
and publications; to be accurate, but not exhaustive.
I'm cross-posting it to comp.org.usenix and comp.unix.questions
because there might be interest there.

There are two related articles, posted at the same time as this one,
and with subjects ``Calendar of UNIX-related Events'' and ``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).

Recent additions:  AT&T Technical Journal, Byte, The C Users Journal, Unique.

Access information is given in this article for the following:
user groups:	USENIX, /usr/group, EUUG, AUUG, NZUSUGI, JUS, KUUG, AMIX,
		DECUS UNIX SIG, Sun User Group, Apollo DOMAIN Users' Society
newsletters:	;login:, /usr/digest, EUUGN, AUUGN, NUZ
journal:	Computing Systems
magazines:	CommUNIXations, UNIX REVIEW, UNIX/WORLD,
		Multi-User Computing Magazine, UNIX Systems, UNIX Magazine

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:

	Jun 20-24 1988	Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
	Jan 31-Feb 3 1989 Town & Country Inn, San Diego, CA
	Jun 12-16 1989	Hyatt Regency, Baltimore, MD
	Jan 23-26 1990	Washington, DC
	Jun 11-15 1990	Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, CA
	Jan 22-25 1991	Dallas, TX
	Jun 10-14 1991	Opryland, Nashville, TN

They also sponsor workshops, such as
	May 12-13 1988	Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
		Fifth Workshop on Real-Time Software and Operating Systems
		IEEE Computer Society and USENIX Association
	Aug 29-30 1988	UNIX Security, Portland, OR
	Sep 26-27 1988	UNIX & Supercomputing, Pittsburgh, PA
	Oct 17-20 1988	C++ Conference (tentative), Denver, CO
	Nov 17-18 1988	Large Installation System Administration II, Monterey,CA

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 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.  They distribute tapes of contributed software and are
pursuing expanding that activity.

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.
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.

	Feb 28-Mar 3 1989 Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
	Jan 23-26 1990	Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
	Jan 22-25 1991	Infomart, Dallas, TX
	Jan 21-24 1992	Moscone Center, San Francisco CA (tentative)

They also sponsor a regional show, UniForum D.C.:

	Aug 2-4 1988	Washington Hilton Hotel, 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.

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
		Telephone +44 763 73039
		Telefax +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:
	3-7 October 1988, Lisbon, Portugal
	April 1989, Brussels, Belgium

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 in Melbourne on 13-15
September 1988, 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 next and fifth annual meeting is the New Zealand UNIX Systems User Group
(NZUSUGI) 1988 Conference, June 9-11 1988, in Wellington, New Zealand.

If you wish to present a paper, acceptance of which entitles you to a free
conference registration, please contact the local speakers organiser,
Dr Dick Cooper, ADATA, PO Box 2555, Christchurch, New Zealand,
dick%cantuar at comp.vuw.ac.nz   or ...uunet!vuwcomp!cantuar!dick

If you would just like to attend, please respond to Ray Brownrigg, including
a postal address for the delivery of further information as it becomes
available.  Registration forms are expected to be available in February.

		UUCP: {utai!calgary,uunet}!vuwcomp!dsiramd!ray
		ACSnet:	ray at dsiramd.nz[@munnari]
		Ray Brownrigg
		Applied Maths Div, DSIR
		PO Box 1335
		Wellington
		New Zealand

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
		#505 Towa-Hanzomon Corp. Bldg.
		2-12 Hayabusa-cho
		Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102
		Japan
		+81-03-234-2611

AMIX - the Israeli UNIX user group, is a S.I.G. of the Israeli Processing
Association (IPA). AMIX has a yearly conference (next one on 4-6 July 1988)
and a yearly workshop (last one was in November).

		AMIX, c/o IPA
		P.O. Box 919
		Ramat-Gan
		Israel, 52109
		Tel: 00972-3-715770,715772
		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 two DECUS Symposia are:

	May 16-20, 1988		Cincinnati, Ohio
	Oct 17-21, 1988		Anaheim, California

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

They have not set a date/location for the 1988 conference yet, but are
actively looking for a hotel (with good pricing and lots of room).
They've narrowed it down to several locations - Miami/Tampa Florida,
Houston/Dallas Texas, and New Orleans LA.  The date will probably be
very early December, 1988.

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

The main general circulation (more than 10,000 copies per issue) magazines
specifically about the UNIX system are:

	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
	U.S.A.				U.S.A.
	monthly				monthly
	+1-415-397-1881			+1-415-940-1500

	Multi-User Computing magazine	UNIX Systems
	Storyplace Ltd.			Eaglehead Publishing Ltd.
	42 Colebrook Row		Maybury Road
	London  N1 8AF			Woking, Surrey GU21 5HX
	England				England
	+44 1 704 9351			+44 48 622 7661

	UNIX Magazine
	Jouji Ohkubo
	c/o ASCII Corp.
	jou-o at ascii.junet
	+81-3-486-4523
	fax: +81-3-486-4520
	telex: 242-6875 ASCIIJ

Some of the above information about magazines was taken from the
November/December 1987 issue of CommUNIXations, which also lists
some smaller-circulation magazines and newsletters.

In addition, there is the Journal of the USENIX Association and
the /usr/group member magazine:

	Computing Systems		CommUNIXations
	USENIX Association		/usr/group
	P.O. Box 2299			4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
	Berkeley, CA 94710		Santa Clara, California 95054
	U.S.A.				U.S.A.
	quarterly			bimonthly
	+1-415-528-8649			+1-408-986-8840

Finally, Dominic Dunlop <domo at sphinx.co.uk> has pointed out several
publications that frequently include articles about the UNIX system or
the C language.  I've listed them below; the comments after each entry
are his.  I have excluded listings of magazines about specific hardware.

	AT&T Technical Journal
	AT&T Bell Laboratories
	Circulation Dept.
	Room 1K-424
	101 J F Kennedy Parkway
	Short Hills, NJ 07078
	Bimonthly
	$40/yr (US); $50/yr (overseas)
	+1 201 564-2582
	While few issues are devoted to UNIX,
	most turn out to mention its applications.

	Byte
	McGraw-Hill Inc.
	Phoenix Mill Lane
	Peterborough, NH 03458
	Monthly
	$22/yr (US); $25/yr(Mex,Can); $37/yr (surface); $69/yr (air,Europe)
	+1 603 924-9281
	Concentrates mainly on personal computers,
	but covers low end of UNIX market in some depth.

	The C Users Journal
	``A service of the C Users Group.''
	R&D Publications Inc
	PO Box 97
	McPherson, KS 67460
	Eight issues per year
	$20/yr (US/Mex/Can); $30/yr (overseas)
	+1 316 241-1065
	Mainly DOS-oriented; some UNIX.

	Unique
	``The UNIX System Information Source.''
	Infopro Systems
	PO Box 220
	Rescue, CA 95672
	Monthly
	$79/yr (US,overseas); $99/yr (air)
	+1 916 677-5870
	High-quality industry newsletter.
	Emphasis on marketing implications of technical developments.

The following information about bookstores was taken from the
November/December 1987 issue of CommUNIXations.  In the interests of
space, I have arbitrarily limited the selection listed here to those
bookstores or suppliers specifically dedicated to computer books, and
not part of other organizations.

	Computer Literacy Bookshop	UNIX Book Service
	2590 No. First St.		35 Bermuda Terrace
	San Jose, CA 95131		Cambridge, CB4 3LD
	U.S.A.				England
	+1-408-4350-1118		+44-223-313273

	Cucumber Bookshop		Jim Joyce's UNIX Book Store
	5611 Kraft Ave.			47 Potomac St.
	Rockville, MD 20852		San Francisco, CA 94117
	U.S.A.				U.S.A.
	+1-301-881-2722			+1-415-626-7581

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