[ale] IEEE/ACM?

[Wolf Halton]

Since I am in school (again), I get access to ACM's journal database as
part of school. I am planning to join acm again for sig access. As a
student, I can get a discount on membership. I have been an IEEE member but
not found it useful.

Wolf Halton
http://sourcefreedom.com
Apache developer:
wolfhalton at apache.org
On Apr 12, 2013 1:11 AM, "David Ritchie" <deritchie at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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