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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
  • HP's 50th
  • Interex's 15th
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
  • HP's 60th
  • Interex's 25th



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