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C. Michael Armstrong, thought to be a leading candidate to the chairmanship of IBM, announces he will leave IBM to join the Hughes Aircraft Co. Armstrong, who is a member of IBM's management committee and chairman of the company's foreign operations, was thought to have a better chance than anyone else to replace IBM's current chairman, John Akers, who is expected to retire in 1995. Some industry observers are confused by Armstrong's decision: Hughes is smaller than IBM, and as the head of Hughes, Armstrong will report to the GM Hughes Electronics division, which is Hughes' parent company. Armstrong himself says there was nothing certain about his future circumstances at IBM. On the other hand, he says, the Hughes offer is a definite opportunity that is open to him today.
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IBM promotes five managers to senior vice president positions, and one may become the new chairman when present chairman John F. Akers resigns in 1994. Ned Lautenbach and Bob LaBant are the most likely successors. Lautenbach has broad marketing experience and was successful with IBM's AS/400 minicomputers. LaBant also has a general marketing background and heads IBM's largest division. Mr. Cannavino is an unlikely candidate because he was unsuccessful with IBM's PS/2 microcomputers. Ms. Hancock does not have a broad enough background. Mr. Puckett has been in IBM's US marketing division, data systems unit and applications systems unit. C. Michael Armstrong was a strong candidate before his resignation.
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A new computerized tennis court is in development that could make linespeople obsolete by the mid-1990s. The system was tested at the US Pro Indoor in Philadelphia where it was buried under the court. The Sensor Courts System uses a digital pattern recognition system to track the ball. Other systems have emerged in the past, but they have either relied on using specially-made tennis balls or cannot be installed just yet. The computer system is 99.9 percent accurate, which is significantly better than the average 93 percent accuracy of the human eye. Despite the feasibility of the system, no tournament has agreed to use it. Tennis players have expressed mixed feelings about the system.
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