std-unix@uunet.UU.NET (Moderator, John Quarterman) (08/22/87)
Some of you may wonder why there are two POSIX workshops back to back on opposite coasts. The NBS workshop (20-21 October, D.C. area) is actually more of a presentation, since NBS intends to present the work they've done on making a POSIX FIPS, and related work. They hope for a somewhat marketing-oriented attendee list, and for comments on what they have done and what they are planning to do. According to Roger Martin of NBS. The USENIX workshop (22-23 October, in Berkeley) is for application and interface implementors. The idea is to get them to talk to each other about common approaches in order to produce more uniform implementations, to discuss difficult problems, to provide feedback to the P1003 Working Group, and also to present work already done. According to Jim McGinness. Both "according to"s might better be "as told to jsq" and the wording is mine, not theirs. Volume-Number: Volume 12, Number 19