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From: brunner@sri-spam.istc.sri.com (Thomas Eric Brunner)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Women's BOF in Phoenix?
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Date: Mon, 18-May-87 02:17:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 18 02:17:00 1987
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In article <8035@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>I'm half-tempted to set up an Old-Timers' BOF, admission restricted to
>those who have booted a Version 5 or earlier.  (NOT System V, *Version* 5 --
>if you don't know the difference, you definitely don't qualify!)
>
>Hmm, I'd probably have to make that Version 6 or the non-Bell attendance
>would be pretty small...  On the other hand, maybe a small BOF is better...

Henry, as someone who would most certainly not pass the v.5 or v.6 muster,
I do urge you to do what you'd like. I've no problems with BOFs for people
different from myself, in interest or experience. Please give a thought to
editing the subject line though - some of this discussion is not about a
possible "Old-Timer's" BOF, but about a scheduled BOF with a fairly clear
idea that something in the profession can be changed. We went though this
several years ago, with middling results, in the Berkeley Mathematics Dept.
Unix systems programming professionals face a similar situation, and also
similar opportunities.

Cheers!