19 Jul
2005
19 Jul
'05
5 p.m.
Meanwhile, the "Encompass" group is still
alive, but they're closely
associated with HP itself -- some people say TOO closely.
It's a little suspicious that Interex shuts down right after HP announces
its "realignment." The big IT companies find ways to support the user
groups, directly or indirectly. A cut in aid could have precipitated this,
but I don't know that for a fact.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Michael Nadeau
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:47 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Interex shuts down
The HP user group, Interex, has abruptly ceased operations due to
financial
difficulties. The site is still up, and the publicly
accessible
information
is still there, but the publications have been
terminated. Interex has
been
around for 31 years, and has information and software
archives. Thought
I'd
mention it here in case anyone wanted to attempt a
rescue of those
archives.
--Mike