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From: tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Obtaining the UKUUG Conference Proceedings
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Date: 24 Jul 90 10:32:19 GMT
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In article <3060@skye.ed.ac.uk> richard@aiai.UUCP (Richard Tobin) writes:

>Like everything else associated with this conference, the price of the
>proceedings is ridiculous (50 pounds ~= $80).  The comparably-sized
>proceedings of the ACM Lisp conference a couple of weeks earlier cost
>$26 to non-members.  Similar comments apply to the cost of the
>conference itself, and the cost of the "banquet".

	Richard, I don't think this is an entirly fair comparison. The
ACM is an incredibly wealthy organisation and can probably afford to
sponsor both the event and the publication of proceedings.  I must agree
with you that fifty quid is a bit steep. 

	What they should is allow access to the TeX/nroff sources for
the proceedings and allow people to run off the parts that interest
them. (If the proceedings are not in machine readable form then I throw
my hands in the air and give up)

	Tony



-- 
Tony Cunningham, Edinburgh University Computing Service. tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk

		If a man among you has no sin upon his hand
	    Let him throw a stone at me for playing in the band.