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The Icon Bar: News and features: New RISC OS user group founded [updated]
 

New RISC OS user group founded [updated]

Posted by Andrew Duffell on 09:09, 7/9/2004 | ,
 
The HCC, the Netherlands largest computer club, is to found a RISC OS branch on 11th September. This is the first new computer club for RISC OS since M25EROUG was founded in December 2000, and gives a sign of continued strength of the platform in the Netherlands.
The founding meeting will take place in the HCC main office in Houten at 11:00am local time.

Update: Southampton Acorn Users Group meet again in Room S1 of Itchen College, Middle Road, Southampton, on Monday September 13th, from 19:00 until 21:00. As usual, admission will be free, and, as always, everyone will be welcome! You are welcome to bring along your computers etc. of course.

Links:
HCC RISC OS Website (broken english)
HCC RISC OS Website (dutch)
AAUG

 

  New RISC OS user group founded [updated]
  flypig (16:49 7/9/2004)
  ilcook (17:10 7/9/2004)
    Phlamethrower (17:59 7/9/2004)
      ad (18:30 7/9/2004)
        Col (12:27 14/9/2004)
  VincceH (09:49 29/1/2010)
    trevj (10:04 29/1/2010)
      VincceH (18:29 29/1/2010)
        swirlythingy (22:02 31/1/2010)
          filecore (22:10 31/1/2010)
        trevj (10:33 4/2/2010)
    Acornut (22:23 31/1/2010)
 
David Llewellyn-Jones Message #93168, posted by flypig at 16:49, 7/9/2004
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I wonder why the Dutch seem to be so enthusiastic about RISC OS? There seem to be far more RO users in the Netherlands than any other European country, apart from the UK.

It must be their naturally good judgement ;) (although being half Dutch I must declare an interest).

At any rate this is really good news.

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Ian Cook Message #93169, posted by ilcook at 17:10, 7/9/2004, in reply to message #93168
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Good for them.
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Jeffrey Lee Message #93170, posted by Phlamethrower at 17:59, 7/9/2004, in reply to message #93169
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For a moment there I thought this said "New RISC OS user found"
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Andrew Duffell Message #93171, posted by ad at 18:30, 7/9/2004, in reply to message #93170

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Now that would be news worthy!
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Colin Cartmell-Browne Message #93172, posted by Col at 12:27, 14/9/2004, in reply to message #93171
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So you didn't see the news group posting about 8 weeks ago then?

There is a new RISC OS user! (or will be when she learns to hold her head up)

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VinceH Message #113151, posted by VincceH at 09:49, 29/1/2010, in reply to message #93168
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It's fashionable these days to resurrect old threads rather than start new ones, isn't it? tongue

I wonder why the Dutch seem to be so enthusiastic about RISC OS? There seem to be far more RO users in the Netherlands than any other European country, apart from the UK.
Speaking of user numbers and user groups, the Bristol user group closed down a few years ago because of declining numbers. At the time, I set up a mailing list so that those remaining users in the area could subscribe and still communicate, possibly arranging informal meetings.

The only subscriber back then was me. Hmm. So in the end I closed it.

However, Trevor Johnson, another Bristol user contacted me a few days ago (having tried and failed to subscribe to the list that no longer exists) pondering whether there is enough renewed interest to start a new group.

Some notes about this are here and, as per the list at the end of that post, step one - the mailing list, the first step in attempting to guage numbers and interest - now exists, as detailed here.
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Trevor Johnson Message #113152, posted by trevj at 10:04, 29/1/2010, in reply to message #113151
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the mailing list [...] now exists
Subscriber numbers are in triple digits already! (If you count in binary wink)
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VinceH Message #113156, posted by VincceH at 18:29, 29/1/2010, in reply to message #113152
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the mailing list [...] now exists
Subscriber numbers are in triple digits already! (If you count in binary wink)
And now only 10 users away from 100 digits wink
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Martin Bazley Message #113185, posted by swirlythingy at 22:02, 31/1/2010, in reply to message #113156

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Subscriber numbers are in triple digits already! (If you count in binary wink)
And now only 10 users away from 100 digits wink
Surely not! You couldn't go beyond 33 digits without exceeding the Earth's population! shock
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Jason Togneri Message #113186, posted by filecore at 22:10, 31/1/2010, in reply to message #113185

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Subscriber numbers are in triple digits already! (If you count in binary wink)
And now only 10 users away from 100 digits wink
Surely not! You couldn't go beyond 33 digits without exceeding the Earth's population! shock
Yes, RISC OS is that popular!
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Blind Moose Message #113187, posted by Acornut at 22:23, 31/1/2010, in reply to message #113151
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I'm impressed, that nobody has mentioned anything about 'double Dutch', or worse, a nice pair of 'Bristols'tongue
Oh Bum! I just did!laugh
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Trevor Johnson Message #113237, posted by trevj at 10:33, 4/2/2010, in reply to message #113156
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And now only 10 users away from 100 digits wink
Whahey! Numbers now in 2 (decimal) digits!

Edit: Bristol RISC OS Users flyer now available (as seen at the recent south west show - thanks, Jim Nagel and Archive magazine) for distribution to libraries, schools, colleges, electronics clubs, etc. in the area.

[Edited by trevj at 18:25, 23/2/2010]
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