Re:
> >to go but there is so much to be done that the luxury of taking a day off
> >work once a month is not in the cards.
...
> there was no money in the budgets.   Now, there is money, but everyone is too
> busy to attend.
 
Not only time constraints, but I think there are a couple of other
major factors:
 
MPE is easier to use than it was 5 or 10 years ago, and most of us have
additional non-3000 duties competing for our time.  These combine to reduce
the importance of 3000 conferences somewhat.
 
Also, forums like HP3000-L / comp.sys.hp.mpe reduce the need for attending
a conference, as much of the user-user interaction is done on the net.
 
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