The idea of an OS/2 users' group was mooted some time in early 1993. Contact was made with IBM Singapore to set oneup. In March 1993, the first meeting - a lunch meeting sponsored by IBM - was convened in the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty Club. As the founding members were primarily staff and students in NUS, the original name of the user group was the NUS OS/2 User Group.
The main reason that such a group should originate in NUS is no accident: the vast computing and internetworking resources available made conferencing, file-sharing and dissemination of information exceedingly fast and easy. Such resources could not be found outside of the campus. NUS also provided for an environment where users had exacting needs for computing power and a stable development platform. OS/2 provided for such needs, and it was only time that disparate pockets of OS/2 users throughout the campus came to know of each other. Believing that unity is strength, and that knowledge should be shared, the NUS OS/2 User Group was born. The response from IBM Singapore was very encouraging and supportive.
In a few months, the user group broke out of academia. The first of its regularly scheduled meetings was held in September 1993 at IBM Towers. The user group became known as the Singapore OS/2 User Group and joins the ranks of the many OS/2 user groups around the world. The user group has since continued to grow and become more actively involved in proliferating the use of OS/2 in Singapore.
Thus the creation of the Singapore OS/2 User Group.