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Subject: Re: Day #1 of Wash Conference
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Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 19:14:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  4 19:14:22 1987
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In article <306@mtxinu.UUCP> scherrer@mtxinu.UUCP (Deborah Scherrer) writes:
> Concerning those who didn't seem to feel day #1 of the Washington
> Conference ("What it is to be UNIX") had much value, this reminds
> me of a story I once heard, attributed to Columbus (you know, the
> 1492 one):
...
> So, my friends, beware of underrating the value of insight. ;-)

I think that the Washington USENIX general technical sessions were
fairly anemic, though this did not seem to be due to lack of planning
effort on the part of the program committee.  There was only one
program stream, and there were whole sessions where I didn't have any
interest in the talks.  The first day's talks were retrospective, and
in their effort to be cohesive, they tended to be repetitive and
therefore bland.  I thought some more emphasis on UNIX issues which are
relevant in today's (and tomorrow's) market would have spiced up the
first day, or at least rounded it out better.  I have submitted an
abstract for such a talk to the Phoenix USENIX committee, so I'll put
up my dukes if it gets accepted.

	Andrew Tannenbaum   Interactive   Boston, MA   +1 617 247 1155