A personal recollection: IBM's unbundling of software and services
IEEE Annals of the History of ComputingPublished 1 January 2002
Burton Grad
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The author's recollections shed light on the internal process and surrounding business climate that led to IBM's decision to price its software and services separately from its hardware in 1969.
Abstract
Many people believe that one pivotal event in the growth of the business software products market was IBM's decision, in 1969, to price its software and services separately from its hardware. The author's recollections shed light on the internal process and surrounding business climate that led to IBM's decision.
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Computer Science