Interex shuts down

[Michael Nadeau]

> 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
>
>