yates@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (04/09/84)
THE FIRST ANNUAL UNIX MARKET FORUM will be presented on Wednesday May 4 through Friday May 6 at the San Francisco Hyatt at the Embarcadero. Aimed at high level marketing and technical folks (detailed technical discussions will *not* be presented), the speaker list is a veritable who's who in the UNIX community. This seminar is presented jointly by Boscom (who first brought you COMDEX) and Yates Ventures (who brought you the "User's Guide to UNIX"). A partial list of confirmed speakers include: William Agee (Keynote) Dr. Thomas Crowley (AT&T) William Gates (Microsoft) John Rowley (Digital Research) Amy Wohl (Adv. Office Concepts) Larry Crume (AT&T) Esther Dyson (EDventure Holdings) William Joy (Sun Microsystems) Adam Osborne (Paperback S/W) Bill Gimple (Pyramid Technology) Jeff Hulton (Access Technology) Willam Jobe (Plexus Computers) The conference agenda includes the following topics: Success in the UNIX market The future of UNIX Networking UNIX Nichemanship - UNIX and vertical markets Opportunities and Pitfalls of the UNIX market UNIX and the Retailer The new UNIX user European and Japanese UNIX UNIX as programming environment The cost for this extravaganza is $895 for the three days. Hotel discounts are available at the Hyatt. The fee includes all luncheons and the Forum reasource notebook, although accomodations are extra. To register for this seminar or would like more information call either: BOSCOM Janet Taylor (800) 343-0974 or Yates Ventures Meg Rustad (415) 964-0130 (UNIX is tm of Bell Laboratories)