Re: which should i join?

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: john doe <http://www.buck.et/~waste>
 > Date: Wed  Dec  4, 11:30am
 >
 > if this is the wrong place to post this, please accept my apologies now.
 > 
 > i am thinking of joining either the ieee computer society or the acm. i
 > am a system administrator/consultant on unix machines, but also have
 > interests in comms/pc/linux/hardware.
 > 
 > could anyone tell which would be the better society to join and any
 > problems that people may have had with either of them.
 > 
 > it may be best top email me (http://www.stp.xfi.bp.com/~howlep) so as not to waste
 > valuable resources.
 > 
 > thanks for your time,
 > 
 > phil

I am a software developer and also love Linux.  I happen to be a member of
both ACM and IEEE Computer Society (I love their Software magazine), as
well as Usenix (www.usenix.org).  ACM only has a few perks, and only 50%
of the Communications of the ACM (magazine) actually interest me.  IEEE
Computer has a few other free things which interest me (such as the
Technical Committee on Software Engineering special interest group), and
as I said their Software magazine is top-notch (it costs extra to
subscribe).  I'm hoping to take more advantages of Usenix this year, such
as discounts on subscribing to Linux Journal.

But, I'm not a sys admin (except in my spare time!).

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