TY - JOUR
T1 - Adoptions and orphans in the early microcomputer market
AU - Gandal, Neil
AU - Greenstein, Shane
AU - Salant, David
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - In this paper we examine the development of the microcomputer market in the early 1980s. CP/M, a widely-adopted operating system, was orphaned by the user and the development communities. A new operating system, DOS, and a new hardware platform, the IBM PC, became the predominant industry standard. We examine the statistical relationship between data that reflects hardware and software sales for the competing platforms. We conclude that the economic processes underlying the development of DOS differed from those underlying CP/M and that many of these differences related to the role of software development.
AB - In this paper we examine the development of the microcomputer market in the early 1980s. CP/M, a widely-adopted operating system, was orphaned by the user and the development communities. A new operating system, DOS, and a new hardware platform, the IBM PC, became the predominant industry standard. We examine the statistical relationship between data that reflects hardware and software sales for the competing platforms. We conclude that the economic processes underlying the development of DOS differed from those underlying CP/M and that many of these differences related to the role of software development.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-6451.00091
DO - 10.1111/1467-6451.00091
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AN - SCOPUS:0033477340
SN - 0022-1821
VL - 47
SP - 87
EP - 105
JO - Journal of Industrial Economics
JF - Journal of Industrial Economics
IS - 1
ER -