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From:   Larry Boyd[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Monday, May 20, 1996 7:30 AM
To:     Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
Subject:        Re: Announcing HP World '96
 
On 17 May 96 at 17:41, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
 
> Sorry to disagree here, but the HP 1000 is NOT the original reason for
> Interex.  As a matter of fact, the users group started up as the =
HP3000
> International Users Group way back in the 70s.  I was the chairman of =
the
> HP3000IUG Conference in Montreal in 1983.  I still have memorabilia of =
that
> one with HP3000 IUG plastered all ove. It was only years later that =
the
> HP3000IUG changed its name to Interex after adding the HP 1000 users =
group.
 
Didn't we change the name to Interex in 1984, and joined the 1000 group
at the same time?
 
No , the 1000 group joined US.  We were the corporate survivor and =
retained our admin staff.  Previously Interex (then the IUG) had a =
contract to service the 1000 users group.
 
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Larry Boyd    <[log in to unmask]>
"Each problem solved creates the opportunity to solve the next problem
          that the last solution created." - Richard Pascale
(These opinions are my own and not those of Hewlett-Packard.)