| 1974 |
Instigated by volunteer, Doug
Mecham, the HP 3000 Users Group is founded in Palo Alto, CA
with 26 attendees representing 22 companies from 3
countries
|
| Doug Mecham
is elected President of the first Board of
Directors |
| First
conference held in Chicago |
| First publication: HP 3000 Users Group - Information
Exchange |
| First User
Survey and Profile sent to each HP 3000
installation |
1975 |
Volume 1 of HP 3000 Contributed Software
Library
|
| David Packard
sends telegram congratulating the HP 3000 Users Group's
success
|
1976 |
Regional Users Groups, RUGs are formed by local users
and coordinated through the Board Of Directors
|
1977 |
HP
3000 Users Group is incorporated under direction of Board Of
Directors Chairman William Bryden
|
| First vendor
exhibition at HP 3000 conference in Issaquah, WA |
| 1979 |
HP 1000 Users Group is founded at the invitation of HP
|
| Stuart Troop is elected first president of the Board Of
Directors
|
| Interface/1000 Newsletter started |
| First
International HP 3000 conference in Lyon, France |
| 1980 |
HP
1000 Users Group swells to 1000 members in 12
months |
| 1981 |
Apollo Domain Users Society (ADUS) is founded by Apollo
Computers
|
| First conference at Brown University |
| 1982 |
Affiliates Council formed |
| 1983 |
First ADUS Executive Committee elected at San
Francisco, CA conference
|
| Michael
Pallesen is elected President |
| 1984 |
HP 3000 and HP 1000 Users Groups merge to become
Interex |
| 1985 |
First combined HP 3000 and HP 1000 conference in
Washington, DC
|
| 1986 |
ADUS System Administrator Special Interest Groups (ADUS
SYS Admin) established.
|
| First
conference in Chicago, IL |
| 1987 |
Inception of ADUS Ring |
| 1988 |
First Interex Computing Management Symposium
(ICMS) |
| 1989 |
HP
acquires Apollo |
| Anniversary
year at conference in San Francisco
|
| 1991 |
Interex & NUGs create HP International Users Group
Association (HPIUGA) |
| 1992 |
ADUS changes its name to InterWorks |
| Concurrent
Interex/InterWorks Conferences during Hurricane Andrew in New
Orleans
|
| First Interex Programmer's Forum
(IPROF) |
| 1995 |
InterWorks merges with Interex |
| 1996 |
Interex annual conference named
HP World |
| 1998 |
HPWorld, ERP News
publications initiated |
| First ERP World conference |
| 1999 |
Interex Enterprise Solutions first published |
| First
E-services Summit |
| First Linux
Symposium |
| Partner in
First Internet Application Service Provider Forum |
| Anniversary
year at conference in San Francisco
|