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

[Dave Horsfall]

I know that I'll probably get into trouble for writing this (I'm a born 
stirrer, coming from a military family), but...

On Tue, 28 Aug 2018, Kevin Bowling wrote:

> This is all so asinine it sounds like it’s run by a random haughty 
> social club of people far detached from systems and UNIX and especially 
> far from publishing systems papers that actually advance the art. 
> Sometimes it is necessary to let an org know it’s become a joke.  I’d 
> prefer to attend and assist with something not affiliated with Usenix 
> after reading this thread.

I'm having trouble thinking of an OS (still in current use) that has 
remained *mostly* unchanged over 50 years.  Yes, Unix has certainly 
evolved, but is still recognisable as "do one thing, and do it well".

It's just a shame that they seem to have broken the other philosophy of 
"everything looks like a file".

-- Dave