Talk:USENIX

Threatening letter

From the article:

"The name change to Usenix was in reaction to a threatening letter from Western Electric."

This needs to be explained or left out. Anyone? --Gosub 13:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Mike Jones

I named Mike Jones differently in the 2002-2004 section vs. 2004-2006 section because that's how he's named on the USENIX website (i.e., differently for the two terms). TreyHarris 01:36, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Technical Association or Systems Association

This articled defines USENIX as the 'Advanced Computing Technical Association' however under the masthead the fine print reads 'Advanced Computing Systems Association'. Which is correct here?

(kyle)

Identifying names in the photo option

I saw the caption asking for names. Well the most obvious person is Dennis Ritchie standing in the center with glasses. This is the summer'84 meeting at Salt Lake City, UT (hence the snow and summer). Not all speakers, I wasn't there (off hiking), and I ran a BOF (Dennis was there) and gave a last minute talk at the request of Jay (and Spencer) on high speed networking. 198.123.49.110 (talk) 18:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

SIGs

Is there a list of past and current SIGs? It seems there is no information about them even on the official web site. Or do SIGs equal to their Conferences? I think since SIGs are mentioned in the article (and hardly ever on the official site), this info would be useful here. --C. 11:41, 3 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.174.13.198 (talk)

COI edit request: cite existing founding-president sentence

I have a family relationship to Lou Katz, who is mentioned in this article, so I am not making this edit directly. I am requesting review by an uninvolved editor.

Proposed location: In the History section, at the existing sentence: “USENIX's founding President was Lou Katz.”

Proposed edit: Please add an inline citation to the existing sentence. If editors prefer normal capitalization, the sentence could also be revised to:

USENIX's founding president was Lou Katz.

Proposed citation:

<ref>{{cite magazine
 |last1=Katz
 |first1=Lou
 |last2=Salus
 |first2=Peter H.
 |title=In Memoriam: Lewis A. Law, 1932–2010
 |magazine=;login:
 |volume=35
 |issue=2
 |date=April 2010
 |pages=76–77
 |publisher=USENIX Association
 |url=https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/login/2010-04/openpdfs/usenixnotes1004.pdf
 |access-date=18 May 2026
}}</ref>

Reason for the change: The article already states that Lou Katz was USENIX's founding president, but the sentence does not currently have a direct inline citation. This USENIX-published source directly supports the existing claim. I am withdrawing my earlier proposed workshop sentence because this narrower citation request is more directly relevant to the article's existing History section.

Stillagorilla (talk) 21:21, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done Spencer^T•C 21:50, 24 May 2026 (UTC)