Title:
ADAPSO Reunion Workshop: IBM Relations

Date:
2002-5-4

Pages:
30 p.

Interviewer:
Oscar Schachter; moderator
Paul Ceruzzi; moderator, historian
Campbell-Kelly, Martin; participant historian
Goetz, Martin; participant
Goldstein, Bernie; participant
Grad, Burton; participant
Johnson, Luanne; participant, editor
Jones, Kim; participant
Keet, Lee; participant
Gracza, John; rapporteur

Abstract:
A group of ADAPSO members discuss the relations IBM had with the software industry starting in the mid-1960s and how IBM assumed a dominant position. They talk about the ambivalence of IBM toward ADAPSO and the impact that the anti-trust trial, unbundling and several suits against them had on the way IBM did business. They discussed the various position papers created to document ADAPSO’s position about problems with IBM’s policies. They summarize by identifying the positive impact that IBM had on the industry.

Keywords:
ADR
Anti-Trust Suit
CICS
Consent Decree
Control Data
Goetz, Martin
Goldstein, Bernie
Grad, Burton
Johnson, Luanne
Jones, Kim
Keet, Lee
Oscar Schachter
The Service Bureau Corporation (SBC)

Rights:
Software History Center

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