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In the dark ages of computing, computer-makers were vertically integrated: a hardware firm, such as IBM, developed proprietary OSs and applications software, and sold it to the corporate customer. Since then, the computer industry has undergone two paradigm shifts — to personal computing, then networked computing — and is now transitioning to a third, based on devices that send and receive data.
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Suen, W.W. (2005). Microsoft: Power and the Limits of Power. In: Non-Cooperation — The Dark Side of Strategic Alliances. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596573_4
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