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IEEE USA Will Fight UCITA

Posted by michael on from the war-of-the-abbreviations dept.

Knight engineer writes "IEEE-USA, the USA branch of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers has decided to fight the UCITA. Are you ready to help?" IEEE has been against UCITA for a while, I guess they're organizing some sort of "grass roots" effort now.

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  1. Re:IEEE by pbryan · · Score: 4

    I am both a member of the ACM and the IEEE. I find they bring different perspectives to the practice of engineering computer-based solutions, whether solely software or a combination of software and hardware.

    The IEEE has its own Computer Society, which has its own periodical publication, but I found it to be somewhat redundant when compared to the ACM. I finally ended my membership in the Computer Society.

    IEEE has a number of member benefit programs that the ACM doesn't have: group insurance plans, financial programs, credit cards, regional user groups. These can be useful for independent software whor.. I mean consultants. :)

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