IBM is seen disbanding a unit set up to develop PC software applications

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IBM will disband its microcomputer software unit, scattering the Desktop Software division's several hundred employees to other parts of the company. The products developed there will also go to other parts of IBM or be sold to other companies. The software unit was small and its disappearance will not cause much harm to IBM's business, but the incident is an embarrassment. IBM had hoped to be one of the foremost companies in microcomputer applications, selecting 'best of breed' products from small companies and using its enormous size and marketing power to turn its chosen products into successes. But few products were developed and most of those that were did not do very well. In separate news, IBM France will cut 1,000 more jobs, after already eliminating 1,000 jobs earlier in 1991. IBM has agreed to sell memory chips to an unidentified Asian computer company.

Human resource management, Software engineering, Layoffs, Divestiture, Layoff, Compagnie IBM France, Divestment, Personnel Management, Organization Structure

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IBM, Microsoft expected to announce a realignment of roles on OS/2 work

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IBM and Microsoft Corp are expected to announce a cooperative agreement to further develop the OS/2 operating system. Analysts note that if OS/2's development is split, users' confusion on who to follow may lead them to UNIX, a competing operating system. Microsoft is now willing to carry the OS/2 version that IBM is pushing and IBM has said that it does not view Microsoft Windows graphical user interface as a threat. Computer industry observers tend to believe that the two companies disagree over OS/2 development and view the IBM-Microsoft relationship as strained. Officials at IBM say that a rift is not imminent but are not elaborating on any agreements.

Product development, Microsoft Corp., Operating systems (Software), MSFT, Operating System, Computer Industry, Cooperation, OS/2, OS/2 (Operating system)

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