The 1950s
* Computers become extensively used for business applications
* First contract programming firms formed
The 1960s
* Contract programming services industry grows rapidly; some companies go public
* First software products come on the market
* ICP Quarterly, a catalog of available software programs, first published in January, 1967
* Thousands of companies formed by the end of the decade
* IBM announces unbundling in June, 1969
The 1970s
* Software products become accepted by customers
* First ICP Million Dollar Awards given to 29 software products in 1971
* Software industry grows rapidly despite lack of financing sources; Cullinane Corp goes public in 1978 (first software product company to go public)
* First PC software companies founded
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