DECUS

For other uses, see Decus.
Digital Equipment Computer Users' Society
NicknameDECUS
Merged into
SuccessorConnect User Group Community
FormationMarch 1961; 63 years ago (1961-03)
FounderEdward Fredkin
Dissolved2008; 16 years ago (2008)
TypeUsers' group
Legal statusCompany
FocusDigital Equipment Corporation products
Location
  • United States
Membership
7,500[when?]
WebsiteDECUServe On-Line

The Digital Equipment Computer Users' Society (DECUS) was an independent computer user group related to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).[1] The Connect User Group Community, formed from the consolidation in May, 2008 of DECUS, Encompass, HP-Interex, and ITUG is the Hewlett-Packard’s largest user community, representing more than 50,000 participants.

  1. ^ "A Long Time Ago, In a Lab Far Away". The New York Times. February 28, 2002. DECUS .. a Digital Equipment Corporation users' group(subscription required)