Hi, I was not in on the very early days of User Groups, I joined my User Group, the Oklahoma PC User Group (OKCPCUG), in the early ’80s and I do remember my cl

Hi, I was not in on the very early days of User Groups, I joined my User Group, the Oklahoma PC User Group (OKCPCUG), in the early ’80s and I do remember my club having hundreds of members and meeting in an auditorium for our General Sessions. This club was one of the original ones formed that had IBM in its name. It was later changed to OKCPCUG due to a possible lawsuit from IBM. Microsoft, WordPerfect, and Adobe were the headliners. They gave presentations that drew the hundreds and provided wonderful giveaways of full versions of their software. You could always expect the introduction of new versions of their products would be a big event. Much like the way Samsung and Apple launch new hardware today. We had more than a dozen different SIGs that touched on every aspect of computing. Our club offered classes that were always full usually having a waiting list. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were treated like rock stars. The club is still in existence with a much smaller membership roster. The reason, no freebies and an older and dying members. Bill