[ale] IEEE/ACM?

[Vernard Martin]

On 4/11/2013 12:55 PM, Chris Ricker wrote:
> On 4/10/13 6:10 PM, Leam Hall wrote:
>> Anyone a member of IEEE and/or ACM?
>>
>> In my fantasy life I'm gearing up to become more of a systems 
>> programmer. Not sure it'll happen but would like to associate with 
>> smart people. Wondering if either organization would be worth the $$ 
>> at this stage and later stages. I'm more into understanding the OS 
>> than writing a new one. At least for now.
>
> My impression is that they feel the only systems are Windows. That may 
> have changed as it's been well over a decade since I was a member of 
> either so take it for what it's worth
>
> Usenix (and more recently LOPSA) might be of interest to you -- in 
> particular, a lot of Unix / Linux systems programmers have been at 
> LISA and some of the other Usenix conferences I've been to
Well, I can't speak for IEEE but ACM is far from Windows Centric. They 
are still dominated by academics that do most of their work on*NIX 
systems.  It does tend to spend more time in the theoretical world and 
less time in production/practical systems. But then again, that is the 
beginning link of the technology transfer chain.

Vernard