Title :
Software unbundling: a personal perspective
Author :
Humphrey, Watts S.
Author_Institution :
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
This article summarizes the author´s invited talk at the Charles Babbage Institute conference on unbundling held in Palo Alto, California, on 23 September 2000. Humphrey, who worked at IBM for many years and was involved in many of the company´s software unbundling decisions, was in a unique position to offer his perspectives on why, and how, IBM made its decisions
Keywords :
DP industry; IBM computers; costing; IBM; copyright; legal issues; software cost; software industry; software unbundling; systems engineering services; Cryptography; Design engineering; Hardware; IEEE news; Law; Licenses; Pricing; Protection; Resists; System software;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
