std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman) (06/06/87)
The 1987 Summer USENIX Conference is next week, 8-12 June, at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix, Arizona. There will be a standards BOF (Birds of a Feather). I believe it's Tuesday, 9 June, 6-8PM. Participants of comp.std.unix are hereby invited. Potential topics include anything that has been discussed here, including tar and cpio, case folding, standards access, and even time zones. Copies of the draft POSIX Rationale appendix will be available. I will have at least one copy of POSIX Draft 10, but will not be distributing copies. Addresses for the correspondents' lists and other standards-related information will be available. Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number 5Th
std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (06/15/87)
The standards BOF at the Phoenix USENIX last week (mentioned in Volume 11 Number 52) had a much higher attendance than previous standards BOFs. There were about fifty people there, most with relevant questions, and some with answers. It is not clear that everyone was pleased with everything I and others told them, but I think some now have a better idea of what is going on. The twenty copies of the Rationale that I made beforehand disappeared quickly, as did the thirty I made afterward, and the forty copies of the draft standard. I do not know to what to attribute this new, higher level of interest on the part of USENIX attendees, but it was there. Comments (preferably technical) from attendees? Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number 52 Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number 59