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From: che@pbhyf.UUCP (Mitch Che)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Suggestion on USENIX scheduling
Message-ID: <2828@pbhyf.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 88 01:46:41 GMT
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In article <2305@pdn.UUCP> reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes:
>people found out in Dallas.  However, forget the Thursday session, it overlaps 
>with the conference sessions at USENIX.  If the trade show's hours were more 
>flexible it would make it more worthwhile.  But, in order to attend the trade 
>show I had to forget about any tutorials...
Almost sounds like you want Uniforum to adjust its trade show hours for
USENIX attendees.  I don't think the Uniforum organizers really care THAT
much about the folks attending USENIX!  They pick prime, business hours
to hold their trade show.  I wouldn't do any differently.

>rather kill two birds with one stone?  Why go to USENIX and get a suite and
>then go to UniForum and rent floor space?  Well I would say it is a case of
>quantity versus quality.  UniForum certainly packs em in, but USENIX attracts
>the kind of crowd that any vendor would like to show their product off to.
>The people who attend USENIX will have as much input, if not more, into 
>purchasing decisions than the business types who attend UniForum, as UNIX EXPO
>as well, with that wide eyed look in their eyes.
Hmm, UNIX hasn't exactly been a rousing success in terms of MIS/DP dollars
spent to date.  In my opinion, engineers and technical staff, even senior
technical staff, do not have the kind of purchasing power of a few well-placed
"business types" who have been shown the light :-) and decide to support
UNIX h/w and s/w acquisition in their companies.  That's been one of
UNIX's problems, the (incorrect) belief that UNIX is for a niche
market, strictly for the techies.  UNIX salespeople drool over the kind
of $$ spent just on peripherals and maintenance in DEC and IBM
environments.  I'd want to sell UNIX and products to middle and upper
management, not to people who are experts on the kernel who already know
the answer to the question: WHY UNIX?  Vendors are still working on those
who are asking: WHAT'S UNIX?
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