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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: First impressions
Message-ID: <10492@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 6 Jul 89 16:43:40 GMT
References: <444@warlock.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <444@warlock.UUCP> gregb@dowjone.UUCP (Gregory S. Baber) writes:
>Again, I didn't stay for the full week, and this was my first conference,
>but is this fairly typical of the paper presentations? If so, I might be
>tempted to skip the presentations altogether and just read the proceedings.

I think the technical sessions were fairly typical.

Note that there is a LOT more to USENIX than the formal presentations.
In fact, apart from selected talks such as Rob Pike's, most of my time
at USENIX is spent talking with exhibitors, in informal discussions
with software developers ("old friends", mostly), and at BOF sessions.
In most cases the conference proceedings can be read in place of the
presentations.