Encompass

Users of OpenVMS should consider joining Encompass. Encompass is the Enterprise Computing Association, a users group with an interest in Hewlett-Packard/Compaq products. Its membership is partially composed of former DECUS members, who were merged with a Compaq users group after Digital Equipment Corporation was taken over by Compaq. DECUS was the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society, a users' group including many particularly devoted and knowledgeable members who contributed a great deal to VAX, Alpha, and OpenVMS culture and tradition. Over the years, members contributed large amounts of useful OpenVMS freeware, collections of which are still growing today.

Members of Encompass are eligible for the OpenVMS hobbyist program. Please see

• http://www.encompassus.org