The Great Unbundling Divide
IBM System/360 became the defacto standard by offering a “total solution”
Customers received hardware, software, education, maintenance and support
US DOJ and multiple firms filed unfair completion lawsuits against “bundling”
IBM was not the only one that “bundled”
IBM responded even before the suits
Unbundled (charged separately for) programming and educational services
DOJ suit dropped after 13 years and huge expense