Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!paperboy!osf.org!mbrown From: mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: What's a Usenix Conference like? Message-ID: <9029@paperboy.OSF.ORG> Date: 7 Jun 90 13:03:00 GMT References: <13068@ulysses.att.com> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Reply-To: mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown) Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 24 In article , karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu writes: > smb@ulysses.att.com writes: > > At January Usenix in DC, I was walking out of the IBM hospitality > suite at one point with a couple of friends, heading for a BOF, I > believe. As we headed out the door, the realization hit me of just > how many suits were standing around the room, and how out of place > > Don't wear a suit. Not even once. IBM is coming along, but haven't > _quite_ yet figured out that you don't send marketroids to Usenix > conferences. Their "trinkets and trash" have improved remarkably (IBM We tech-types are *working* on the problem, surely we are...but sometimes it's like steering an aircraft carrier with a canoe paddle. :-) We might even have a *real* internet connection one-of-these-days.... DISCLAIMER: I don't speak for IBM. They don't make me wear ties. Mark Brown IBM AWD / OSF | Invisible airwaves crackle with life The Good mbrown@osf.org | Bright antennae bristle with the energy The Bad uunet!osf!mbrown| Emotional feedback, on a timeless wavelength The Ugly (617) 621-8981 | Bearing a gift beyond price - almost free.