Unix history. Btw. One of the things I'm proud of as president at the time - Usenix was the first of the academic orgs to remove it's pay wall and go 100% free access.
>> And US$33.00 for non-IEEE members;
Yes, that can be a problem for journal publications.
However, throughout the developed world, many academic, city, county,
and regional libraries offer their clients Interlibrary Loan service
that might be zero cost to you. I use that service many times a year,
and I even once got a loaned hardcopy book that came to Utah from a
library in Scotland (and was later safely returned to Scotland).
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