A system without a display, for example, could discourage the development of
graphical applications, or if it were difficult for several people to interact with the
same application this could discourage some educational uses. Moreover, Fano noted
that after a system starts to develop in a particular direction, work in this direction
is preferred and it accelerates the development in this direction. As a result, "the
inherent characteristics of a time-sharing system may well have long-lasting
effects on the character, composition, and intellectual life of a community" (cf.
Tuomi, 2002: 86).
The modern concept of proprietary software emerged in the 1970s, when the computer-
equipment industry began to unbundle software from hardware, and independent
software firms started to produce software for industry-standard computer platforms.
Over the decade, this development led to the realization that software was associated
with important intellectual capital which could provide......

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