US v IBM Advent of Computing

My coverage of the IBM System/360 continues! In this episode we look at US v IBM, and the fallout that surrounded the release of the System/360. By 1969 IBM already had a history of antitrust litigation. What was IBM doing to upset the Department of Justice, and how does it tie in to the larger story of clone computers?

 

Selected Sources:
 

http://www.cptech.org/at/ibm/ibm1956cd.html - 1956 Consent Decree
 

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/298/131/ - 1936 Consent Decree
 

https://archive.org/details/foldedspindledmu00fish/page/n5/mode/2up - Folded, Spindled, and Mutilated