Archive for April, 2008

May 1st: 30th Anniversary of the First Spam Email

Monday, April 28th, 2008

The very first spam was sent on May 1, 1978. Here are the details:

http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html

This was not one of the high points of DEC advertising.

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VMS Bootcamp is Coming!

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Want a meeting that’s 100% VMS? The OpenVMS Advanced Technical Bootcamp is for you!

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/symposium/may_2008/agenda.html

This will be the last one held in Nashua, NH, the current home of VMS Engineering.  VMS Engineering is moving to Marlboro, MA.  Next year’s location is TBD (to be determined).

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