User groups were once a serious outlet for airing complaints with manufacturers. Now, their role is changing, as Sean Hallahan reports
How times change. Twenty or so years ago, when the likes of IBM, DEC and ICL were in their zenith, there was little dispute that hardware manufacturers ruled the roost and that software - if not be...
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