Children play in the puddles at Bradfield Park in 1958. Credit: Bruce Adams Attending the HPE Nonstop Technology & Business Conference 2025 (Nonstop TBC25) had me doing a deep look back into the history of Connect and before then, to ITUG. This took me back so many years to Nice, France, in 1992 and to Orlando, Florida in 1993. My entire life within the Nonstop Community seems to have played out, bounded by Nonstop nee Tandem Computers’ events. But the time spent walking the exhibition pavilion (a less than stellar reminder of past exhibition floors spanning acres), led me to think back to my childhood, growing up in Lindfield, NSW Australia. Of course, to those that know me well, I use the phrase growing up quite loosely, as it continues to be a work in progress. Not sure what triggered the association but all the same, the fondness I have for Nonstop events is very similar to the fondness I now have today of my childhood home. What may have triggered these memories has ...
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