Apple Computer and International Business Machines announced...
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Apple Computer and International Business Machines announced that IBM Vice President Joseph Guglielmi will be chairman and chief executive of a joint venture company formed to develop a new generation of basic computer software, while Apple Senior Vice President Edward W. Birss will be chief operating officer.
Separately, IBM announced that George Conrades, once considered a strong candidate to become chairman of IBM but who was shunted aside in a management shuffle last fall, will resign. Conrades said he wanted to devote all his time to pursuing opportunities outside IBM.
