The Canadian Association of Compaq Users CANACU NEWSLETTER Association Newsletter - February 27, 2002 edition IN THIS EDITION Membership Survey - Please tell us what you want! The Mother of All OpenVMS Sites OpenVMS Hobbyist License COMPAQ ADVOCACY HP-COMPAQ MERGER UPDATES Technical Tidbits EARLUG (Edmonton and Area Local Users Group) Canadian Tandem Users Group (CTUG) ITUG/DECUS 2002 Joint European Conference ITUG Summit 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEMBERSHIP SURVEY - Please tell us what you want! For next phase of the Association's development, we want to engage the participation of members like you in the building process. We would like to obtain some feedback from you through a very brief survey to help us determine how we can provide greater value for your membership and improve the Association's communication with you. The survey will be e-mailed to you within the next couple of days. THE MOTHER OF ALL OPENVMS SITES We only have one link for you this time but it is a beauty. http://I.webring.com/hub?ring=openvms points to 87(!) other OpenVMS sites. There are hobbyist sites, commercial sites, free software sites and even one that specializes in DCL. Take a look, you're bound to find something useful. OPENVMS HOBBYIST LICENSE You can order the OpenVMS Hobbyist License through your membership in the Association. Here are the instructions: The complete transaction takes place on the OpenVMS site Go to http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist Go to the link "License Register". This will take you to a license registration page where you will be required to complete a form Enter your Association membership number on the ordering form If you do not know your membership number, or you are not a member of the Association, send an e-mail message to inquire@canacu.org. The license is free of charge. There is a charge of $30.00 USF if you want to receive the software on CD media. COMPAQ ADVOCACY Have issues for Compaq? Share your thoughts! Reach Compaq through the "Local Voices...Global Reach" Online Advocacy Program. Your opinions count, so visit http://www.compaqworkinggroup.org today to submit issues or participate in the latest Insta-poll question. HP-COMPAQ MERGER UPDATES Compaq has announced that a special meeting of shareholders will be held on March 20, 2002, to vote on the proposed merger with Hewlett-Packard Company. Compaq shareholders at the close of business on January 28, 2002, will be eligible to vote by proxy or at the meeting. On January 31st, the European Commission gave formal clearance to the proposed merger, following a lengthy pre-notification review conducted by the Commission after the parties signed their merger agreement on September 4, 2001. The situation changes daily, so you should read the points of view of Compaq (www.compaq.com/inside/merger) and Hewlett Packard's Board (www.votethehpway.com). TECHNICAL TIDBITS The CEO of start-up ZeoSync (http://www.zeosync.net/) says he has discovered a way to shrink virtually any digital file to a hundredth of its size-and then restore the file to its original size without error. AltaVista has cancelled its free Web e-mail service, the latest online amenity to get axed as a result of cost-cutting measures. EARLUG (Edmonton and Area Local Users Group) EARLUG has their regular meetings on the third Wednesday of the month at The Druid at 5 p.m. - 116 St. & Jasper Ave. For further information, contact Dave Richardson (DRichardson@interbaun.com) at (780)420-9084. EARLUG has been meeting continuously for more than 20 years. CANADIAN TANDEM USERS GROUP (CTUG) As a charter member of the Canadian Association of Compaq Users, the Tandem (Compaq NSK) Security Special Interest Group, through the Canadian Tandem Users Group (CTUG) has been informed of a meeting regarding the security aspects of the Compaq NSK platform. The 2002 CTUG Conference will be held on Thursday, April 4th at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel 123 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M9 Tel: (416) 361-1000, Fax: (416) 947-4854. The key note speaker is Terry Shannon, publisher of Shannon Knows Compaq and the cost is $125 CDN. Previous meetings have included presentations and discussions on the security requirements that relate to major financial institutions, retailers, communications and telecommunications networks, stock exchanges, infrastructure and more. ITUG/DECUS 2002 JOINT EUROPEAN CONFERENCE The pre-conference seminars are on May 11-12 2002. The conference & exhibition are on May 13-15. The event is being held in Lyon, France. And, if you register before April 15 at http://www.itug.org, you can save 100 euros. (ITUG stands for International Tandem Users Group) ITUG SUMMIT 2002 The conference is on October 27-31 2002. The exhibition is on October 28-30, 2002. The event is being held in San Jose, California. 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