Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market

Neil Gandal, Shane Greenstein and David Salant ()
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CARE Working Papers from The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Applied Research in Economics

Abstract: In this paper we examine the development of the micro-computer market in the early 1980's. CP/M, a widely adopted operating system, was orphaned by the user and development communities. A new operating system, DOS, and a new hardware platform, the IBM PC, became the prediminant industry standards. We examine the statistical relationship between data that reflects sales activity associated with hardware, software, and peripheral equipment for the competing platforms. We conclude that the economic process underlying the development of DOS differed from those underlying CP/M and that many of these differences related to the role of software development.

Keywords: Microcomputer; Market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L86 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 1997-06
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Journal Article: Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market (1999)
Working Paper: Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcumputer Market (1995)
Working Paper: Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market (1995)
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