"Bottom-line, could AMD have been part of bapco? Did they apply...were they denied?"
FYI:
groups.google.com
"2.21. SYSmark
July 28, 1993, Santa Clara, Calif.--The Business Applications
Performance Corp. (BAPCo) announces SYSmark93 for Windows and
SYSmark93 for DOS, benchmark software that provides objective
performance measurement based on the world's most popular PC
applications and operating systems. A third program, SYSmark93 for
Servers, is due for release by BAPCo in the third quarter of 1993."
ibid:
"A non-profit corporation, BAPCo's charter is to develop and distribute
a set of objective performance benchmarks based on popular computer
applications and industry standard operating systems. Current BAPCo
members include Adaptec, Advanced Micro Devices, AER Energy Resources,
Apricot Computers, Chips and Technologies, Compaq, Cyrix, Dell,
Digital Equipment Corp., Gateway2000, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, IBM,
Infoworld, Intel, Lotus, Microsoft, NCR, Unisys and Ziff-Davis Labs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
John Peterson
BAPCo
Phone: 408-988-7654
email: John_E_Peterson@ccm.hf.intel.com " |
