Let's not forget IBM did so as well.
CE's (and others) used to carry reel tapes along with them. These
tapes carries some nice surprises. They were (I think written by
IBMers ) and got wide distribution to customers.
There were of course the FDP's IBM even had a manual with those
listed. I think they were essentially free or $25 (or there about).
If memory serves me the programs were listed in a GC manual (ifffy
here it might have been a GY or something close and close to 1/2 inch
thick).
Ed
On Oct 4, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In
<7cd15d2a8f66c24ea70e04bc53ce3917323e2...@phcmpr1h.safeway01.ad.safewa
y.com>,
on 10/03/2013
at 04:23 PM, Jerry Whitteridge <jerry.whitteri...@safeway.com>
said:
We need to remember that the CBT tape products WERE the first
"Shareware" and used in production in many shops.
Every generation believes that it invented sex. People were collecting
and distributing free code well before the CBT tape, although we owe
Arnie a debt of gratitude for maintaining it for so long.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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