[2] As of 1990, GUIDE was the largest IBM users' group with 2850 members.
[3] Its membership included fifty percent of the Fortune 1000 companies.
[4] "GUIDE's principal purposes are to contribute to the improvement of data processing products and services and to provide a forum for the development, exchange and dissemination of information concerning large data processing equipment and systems."
"GUIDE's principal activity is the sponsorship of week-long conferences held three times each year.
"[5] In 1994 in Europe GUIDE merged with the European arm of SHARE, another major IBM users' group forming GSE (Guide Share Europe).