Early software was commonly custom-made or bundled free with hardware, leaving a limited standalone commercial market.

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Hardware Software Polarity

"Early software was commonly custom-made or bundled free with hardware, leaving a limited standalone commercial market."

CHM documents that early software was usually written for specific machines or bundled free with hardware, which limited the standalone software market.

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Source title Software Becomes a Product

Source authors Computer History Museum

Source year 2011

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