Subj : F-86 AND I.
To   : Howie Coombe
From : Tom Walker
Date : Sat Jan 15 2005 07:37 am


->  > Even the San Diego Computer Society which used to be very large and had   
  
-> > dozens of Afilliate groups is a shadow of it's former self.


-> How Large?, how many affiliates?, how?, why?.

The SAn Diego Computer group was second to the Boston Computer Society
in size. And they were alledgly the Biggest in the World. We had multi
thousands of Members and at least 50 User Groups. There at one time also
were well over 300 BBS's in the San Diego Metroploitan area.

All that has faded away and been replaced by Newsgroups and the
Internet. And while I miss those days we are really better off. There
is many more times the talent at your fingertips. The biggest advantage
is the Archiving and indexing the Data. 

But for those that want the Personnal Face to face interaction the
PC/MAC/Linug groups have "Workshops" several times a month in addition
to their meetings where you can pack up yuor Computer and taske it to
the Wrokshop and get help. That is particualrly for those trying top
break into Linux which has a very steep learing curve.
Particualrly for those that cannot rembember sometimes why they walked
into a Room!!  :-)  :-)
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