This is the 30th anniversary of USENIX, the Advanced Computer Association. USENIX was started in 1975 as 'The Unix Users Group' and has been holding regular conferences ever since (along with many other activities, of course). USENIX focuses on the Unix world, including unix-like OSes like Linux. The USENIX conference is the place to go if you want to find out about topics such as advanced system administration or the latest filesystem research projects. USENIX is a blend of academic presentations and socialization. If you want to ask Andy Tanenbaum what he thinks of Linux, you can do it at USENIX.
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I think most of us know where Andy Tanenbaum stands when it comes to linux. But it would indeed be fun to attend.
http://bitsofnews.com
Brilliant report on USENIX, it was a pleasure to read. Hope its as good for the next installment.
What does Andy Tanenbaum think of Linux?
This did catch me off gaurd. I think that the conference attendece is also affected by 2 major linux conferences in the US every year. It is a shame that the associations that run these things don't work together.
This is a link to the tanenbaum/linus flamewar.
http://www.educ.umu.se/~bjorn/mhonarc-files/obsolete/
# Subject: LINUX is obsolete
# From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
# Date: 29 Jan 92 12:12:50 GMT
# Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
# Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
I think his views may have changed since 92 ??
Personally I think LISA is a much better conference for most Unix people than the general USENIX conference.
I'm practically down the street and I didn't go. That's because I'm too po' to go.
I enjoyed reading your article. Thanks for your time pal!
Here's a couple of things he's said more recently:
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/followup/
Just wondering if its a collection of the old Battle Axe Unix bigots(greasy hair, long unkempt beard) parading around like they invented Unix. Those people annoy me to no end and they prove useless in modern IT business.
No, Stallman won't be there. After all, it's GNU (Not Unix).
Guess things haven't changed since 1992 
I think there is no swedes that has enough money to move their asses over there, even if they are geeks.
Btw i'm finnish but live in swede, and I don't have money so give me some
For all I know, Usenix never really lived in Europe, so a lot of the European people in the open source world are not really convinced to go to the USA to attend those meetings. That plus the fact the USA is being overly anal with regard to the information gathering on the plane ride, which many of us in Europe boycot.
Quote: "In fact, there were quite a few Scandinavians at the conference. I don't know why - is USENIX well-advertised over there?"
In Norway you get a USENIX membership if you are a member of NUUG (Norwegian UNIX User Group). Thus we (NUUG members) read about the conferences in ;login:. Don't know about the other Scandinavian countries though.
I have found that Usenix is one of the most intellectually stimulating conferences.......