Article by Gustaf Neumann and Uwe Zdun about filters as a language support for design patterns in object-oriented scripting languages.

Paper which argues that OOP's main benefits stem from helping developers think more clearly - and that these benefits can be gained without using OOP.

Compares Windows NT and Solaris on a symmetric multiprocessor machine.

As an exercise in the application of the concept of least privilege, we have modified the pieces of an ordinary UNIX* mail system, sendmail in particular, to require little or no privilege in their operation.

By Keith Packard. Article on current limits and future development of X Windows.

Calendar of USENIX Events. Since 1975, the USENIX Association has brought together the community of engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world.

The Newsletter of the USENIX Association

The Advanced Computing Systems Professional and Technical Association

A paper by Chuck Silvers about the design and implementation of the Unified Buffer Cache (UBC) in NetBSD. [Freenix]

Paper by Gregory McGarry detailing part of the groundwork needed for NetBSD's threading system and scheduler activations. [Freenix]