BIG BLUE EMBRACES BIG BILL

TheWindows 95 juggernauthas proved too strong for IBM, the last holdout among personal computer manufacturers. After swearing that it would stand by its flailing OS/2 computer operating system, IBM announced that it would include the new Microsoft operating system with some of its PCs. "It took IBM a while, but it was almost inevitable that they would eventually offer Windows 95, too,"TIME's David Jacksonreports from Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, where IBM executives attended a launch party for the software. "Any personal computer maker not offering this product is going to have a tough time, at least in the near term."