Software Business Practices Council formed by AICorp Inc; Ashton-Tate Corp; Banyan Systems Inc; Chipcom Corp; Cognos Inc; Datamedia Corp; DEC; Hewlett-Packard Co; Ingres Corp; Intec Controls Corp; Integral; Interleaf Inc; Lotus Development Corp; Multiview Inc; Price Waterhouse; Ross Systems Inc; and Sybase Inc has as its mission restoration of the reputation of the software industry in the areas of advertising of vapourware, public relations, marketing, product comparisons and financial reporting. Notable absentees are Oracle Corp, which dismisses it as a marketing ploy designed to capitalise on its own earnings restatement, and Computer Associates International Inc, which was all set to join but decided it belonged to enough clubs.
