jim@hoptoad.uucp (Jim Joyce) (06/07/89)
Along with the usual wine and cheese reception,
the following authors will be signing books
at the Jim Joyce's UNIX Bookstore Hospitality Suite
at Summer, 1989 Usenix:
Monday, 5:30 - 7 pm: Oliver Jones, Intro to X Window System
Tuesday, 5:30 - 7 pm: Evie Nemeth, 4.x System Administration
Wednesday, we're at the Usenix party, too!
Thursday afternoon, David Korn, The Kornshell Programming Language
Thursday, 5:30 - 7 pm, Kirk McKusick, Design and Implementation ... 4.3BSD
Bring your copies!
The Usenix Staff will have info about where the suite is in the hotel
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Open to the public noon - 6pm, Fridays thru Sundays, except holidaysrick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams) (06/07/89)
> The Usenix Staff will have info about where the suite is in the hotel
Get real. Why should the USENIX Staff publicize your
commercial venture when you don't bother to buy a booth at their
exhibition?
If you expect to use the services of the USENIX staff in your
profit making venture, why dont you pay for it like all the other vendors.
You really should make it quite clear that your bookstore is
not in any way affiliated or endorsed by USENIX and that you
are really trying to get something for nothing.
I might accept this if you didn't actually sell books at
your "hospitality" suite, but at least have the courtesy to
present it as the bookstore that it is. (Or prove me wrong
and dont bring any books to sell this year)
I'm continually amazed at how tolerant USENIX is in their relations
with you.david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) (06/10/89)
In article <57038@uunet.UU.NET>, rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams) writes: > > The Usenix Staff will have info about where the suite is in the hotel > > Get real. Why should the USENIX Staff publicize your > commercial venture when you don't bother to buy a booth at their > exhibition? > > If you expect to use the services of the USENIX staff in your > profit making venture, why dont you pay for it like all the other vendors. This message was addressed to Jim Joyce's original posting. I don't know about Usenix, but it is a fact that Jim has been treated very poorly by /usr/group. In particular, they refused to sell him a booth because he would be making book sales, and then allowed other companies to make book sales from their booths. Perhaps Jim found it was easier to avoid such upsetting confrontations by having a separate suite than by renting a booth and running afoul of nonsensical and discriminatory rules. As far as paying for booths, I know for a fact that Jim has paid for booths at shows when it had been made clear to him in advance that he would be allowed to sell books in his booth. I believe he also likes to serve food and wine in his suite, an activity that even Usenix would likely frown on in a booth on the show floor. Jim's suite, bookstore, or whatever you wish to call it, has been a tradition at Usenix conferences as long as I can remember. And I can remember far back enough when having booths at Usenix was considered bad form and tacky commercialization. -- David Fiedler {ames,attmail,hoptoad,pyramid}!infopro!david USMail: InfoPro Systems, PO Box 220, Rescue CA 95672 Phone: 916/677-5870 "I can't answer the door, my wife is taking a bath in the sink."-Ralph Kramden
greg@zappa.cs.unlv.edu (Greg Wohletz) (06/10/89)
In article <57038@uunet.UU.NET> rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams) writes: >> The Usenix Staff will have info about where the suite is in the hotel >Get real. Why should the USENIX Staff publicize your >commercial venture when you don't bother to buy a booth at their >exhibition? I for one much prefer the atmosphere in the UNIX bookstore to that on the exibition floor. No salesman, just books. I would hate to see it disapear. --Greg