Ahouxf.139 net.followup utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!npois!houxi!houxf!rosin Wed Mar 24 13:12:37 1982 USENIX and /sr/group Contrary to the opinion expressed by decvax!aps, SHARE and GUIDE both entertain vendors other than IBM; one difference between the two organizations used to be (I do not know the present status) whether these are vendors of hardware, software or both. In any event, I was a member of the SHARE "kitchen cabinet" when it met in San Francisco (1966) to formulate a SHARE position in response to IBM's then recently announced shift to unbundle software. Our positon was, if they unbundle software, then we will accomodate others who also offer software for $$ for our IBM machines. The recent net.followup item on this topic did not convince me that the USENIX - /usr/group relationship is very different from that between SHARE and GUIDE years ago. And, I reiterate, whether or not my view is accepted, I really couldn't hurt to meet with people who have experience with user groups and learn from them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.