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Selling PC Software: A Once-Irresistible Opportunity
October-December 2006 (vol. 28 no. 4)
pp. 80-86
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Seymour Merrin, "Selling PC Software: A Once-Irresistible Opportunity," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 80-86, October-December, 2006.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MAHC.2006.72,
author = {Seymour Merrin},
title = {Selling PC Software: A Once-Irresistible Opportunity},
journal ={IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
volume = {28},
number = {4},
issn = {1058-6180},
year = {2006},
pages = {80-86},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MAHC.2006.72},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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How--and why--does an ex-geologist and semiconductor executive leave the corporate world and instead make a leap into microcomputer software sales? This memoir tells the story of a risk-taker who saw an unparalleled opportunity and took it.
Index Terms:
Retail, Word Processing, Visicalc/Spreadsheets, S-100, Apple II, Lotus 1-2-3, IBM, Corporate Sales, Dealers, Black Market
Citation:
Seymour Merrin, "Selling PC Software: A Once-Irresistible Opportunity," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 80-86, Oct.-Dec. 2006, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2006.72
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