Grad, Burton and Hugh Williams oral history

Type

Text

Title

Grad, Burton and Hugh Williams oral history

Contributor

Grad, Burt, Interviewee

Johnson, Luanne, Interviewer

Johnson, Luanne, Editor

Williams, Hugh, Interviewee

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

1985-12-09

Place of Publication

Chappaqua, New York

Extent

23 p.

Description

In this interview, Hugh Williams and Burton Grad, members of IBM's unbundling task force, describe IBM's changing view of unbundling from a legal necessity to a business opportunity. They discuss the criteria used to determine which programs would be priced separately and which would remain unbundled with the hardware cost and how IBM's business model changed as a result of unbundling. Williams was a senior technical advisor to a number of executives in IBM's System Development Division. Grad worked with applications software development in the Data Processing Division.

Subject

Grad, Burt; Williams, Hugh; IBM unbundling; Goetz, Marty; CDC antitrust suit; Data Processing Division, IBM; IBM systems software; DOS; Time Sharing System (TSS); CP67; VM; Climis, Ted; IBM government business; Advanced Life Insurance System (ALIS); Property and Liability Insurance System (PALIS); Type 1 programs; Type 2 programs; Type 3 programs; Type 4 programs; System Control Programs; PARS; Programmed Airline Reservations System; CICS; IMS/DC

Collection Title

Oral Histories Online

Accession Number

102658225

Details