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writing about linux-dev at MIT, ACM Crossroads CFA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Fu)
Tue Dec 1 23:31:53 1998
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 23:31:32 EST
From: Kevin Fu <fubob@MIT.EDU>
You may be interested in writing about the linux development at MIT.
Below is my generic announcement for the Linux issue of the ACM
Crossroads Magazine.
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Kevin E. Fu (fubob@mit.edu)
PGP key: finger fubob@monk.mit.edu
Crossroads is a student magazine for computer science students and is
sponsored by the premier computer science professional organization,
the Association for Computing Machinery. Please pass this message
along to anyone who might be interested in submitting an article to
Crossroads for this issue. If you have any questions, please don't
hesitate to ask me.
Sincerely,
Kevin Fu
General Editor
Call For Articles
Crossroads, the Association for Computing Machinery Student Magazine
Linux (Fall 1999)
DUE DATE: March 2, 1999
SUBMISSION ADDRESS: xrds-submit@acm.org
INFORMATION: crossroads@acm.org
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/
The Crossroads editorial staff invites authors to submit articles
dealing with topics drawn from several areas pertaining to Linux. The
following partial list of topics is provided to give prospective
authors ideas for articles and is by no means exhaustive; other
relevant topics will be considered.
* History and future of Linux
* Interaction between Linux and other operating systems; Interaction
between Linux and various windowing systems
* Software development issues and projects; Compatibility and
portability issues; Linux system administration
* Linux and the Internet
* Legal issues surrounding Linux and licensing
* Productivity software and Linux
* Linux Multimedia Development (e.g. 3D graphics rendering etc)
Articles should include a basic description of the kinds of problems
being worked on, the state of the art of research, the state of the
art of commercial applications, open problems, or future
research/commercial development trends. Interviews with researchers;
reviews of related books, software, videos, or conferences; and
opinion columns on related issues are also welcome. We especially
encourage both undergraduate and graduate students to submit articles.
However, articles written or coauthored by professionals will also be
considered.
Crossroads articles should be written for a broad audience. They
should be easily understandable by someone who has had only the most
basic computer science instruction, and yet still be interesting to
the advanced computer enthusiast. Articles longer than 6000 words will
generally not be considered for publication. Feature articles should
be between 1500 and 6000 words; reviews should be between 800 and 2000
words; and opinion columns should be between 800 and 3000 words.
Articles should be written in a magazine style rather than a research
paper style. In consideration of our diverse readership, authors
should try to use language that is inclusive of people regardless of
their gender, race, religion, nationality, or field of study.
Additional writing guidelines and submission information are available
online at the Crossroads web site (http://www.acm.org/crossroads/
doc/information/writing.html).
Crossroads is published both online and in print. We have a print
circulation of about 15,000. All back issues are available for free on
our website. Authors that have an article printed in Crossroads can
receive complementary copies of the issue they were published in.
All submissions should be formatted in HTML or plain text format and
emailed to xrds-submit@acm.org. Please include your submission in the
body of your message: DO NOT include it as an attachment. If you have
any images or graphics, put them somewhere on your own website and use
a full URL reference to them inside the article (example use img src=
http://www.myhome.edu/me/pic1.gif). Submissions are due March 2, 1999.
They will be reviewed shortly thereafter and authors of accepted
submissions will be notified within two to three weeks of the
deadline. For detailed submission guidelines, see
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/doc/information/writing.html
Prospective authors are invited to send email to the editors of
Crossroads (crossroads@acm.org) indicating their intention to submit
an article. In this way we can keep everyone informed of any changes
in deadlines or formats and to make sure we have a good variety of
articles. General questions should also be sent to the Crossroads
editors.
