[ale] IEEE/ACM?

[David Ritchie]

One big thing that is nice about ACM is that you can get at no additional
cost access to quite a few training classes along with e-books on Safari
and Books 24x7. Usenix has placed all of its proceeding and publications >
1 year old online to everyone, and membership allows you access to all
publications . I am a member of both organizaions -  the biggest problems
is having time to take advantage of what is offered. ACM and IEEE don't
allow such broad access for the basic membership, but it is available for
an additional charge.

-- David


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Vernard Martin <vernard at venger.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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