Re: [TUHS] Usenix: no official Unix 50th celebration, apparently

On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 12:47:45PM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote: Reading between lines from Clem's message, I wonder if it is a money issue? Usenix has become very academic focused, and for better or for worse the Linux Foundation has provided many conference facilitation services for various industry initiatives that go beyond Linux (e.g., software defined networking, RISC-V, etc.) As a result Usenix might not have the resources that it did a decade or two ago. In another reality these industry initiatives might have been something that Usenix had gotten involved in, and which would have made it much more relevant to the industry. Unfortunately, I believe that there were many "old-time Usenix" folk who felt very threatened by Linux, and thought that it wasn't sufficiently academic, and didn't sufficiently acknowledge the debt that was owed to their elders. The question I would raise is whether some kind of 50th celebration has to be colocated with Usenix ATC, especially if the Usenix BoD is not innterested in lending much in the way of financial or staff support. For example, maybe something combined with some kind of fund-raising event held at the Compute History Museum in the Bay Area? Or perhaps the Linux Foundation might be willing to do a Unix 50th celebration at their 2019 Open Source Summit event? It does seem to me that Usenix ought to have the right of first refusal to host such a celebration, but if the Board isn't willing to step it up, there are other possibilities that could be explored. - Ted