In article <H00000660004a3a5@MHS>, [log in to unmask] writes:
 
>It would be interesting to know for SIGUNIX and SIGSYSMAN (and any other
>SIG that covers some non-MPE stuff) what percentage of users fall into
>each of these categories:
>
>A) Users of both systems or users with an interest in both who would not
>   feel that content unrelated to *their* system is a waste of time.
 
For SIGSYSMAN, the vast majority have multiple platforms to consider.
Remember we are trying to address the needs of System
Managers/Administrators of HP systems.  This may mean they have MPE,
HP-UX, NT, AIX, RTE, etc...
 
>B) MPE only users with no real interest in Unix.
 
At the meeting in Toronto, very few were MPE only.
 
>C) Unix only users with really no interest in MPE.
 
There were about 15~20% who stated they were Unix only...
 
>Since there are lots of conferences for Unix users these days, and few
>for MPE users, I'd be afraid of 'B' type users dropping out of a
SIGSYSMAN
>that
>spent half the day talking about something they weren't interested in.
>Of course you could do one day of MPE and one day of Unix, or solve the
>problem
>any number of other ways too.
 
Agreed, but very few conferences try to deal with issues related to hp-ux
for example.
 
I'll post this on the SIGSYSMAN-L to see what response we get...
 
/isaac
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