Independent mainframe software products emerged by the mid-1960s, and IBM unbundled many programs from hardware in 1969.

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"Independent mainframe software products emerged by the mid-1960s, and IBM unbundled many programs from hardware in 1969."

CHM places independent mainframe software firms in the mid-1960s and IBM's major software unbundling in 1969.

Source title Software Becomes a Product

Source authors Computer History Museum

Source year 2011

Confidence high

Importance mid