1. Computer Service Association Increases Watchdog Role.
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ELECTRONIC data processing , *INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *COMPUTERS , *SOFTWARE piracy , *DATA processing service centers , *SERVICE industries , *COMPUTER software - Abstract
The article reports that the Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO) will increase its monitoring against unfair and illegal practices in the sale of data processing services. IBM agreed to rid itself of its Service Bureau Corporation subsidiary. ADAPSO is a 291-member association, which represents data processing, time-sharing and software services in 675 branch offices, assigning itself the task of accumulating evidence of unfair or illegal marketing practices. The organization stated that coercion should be presumed an unlawful tie-in held to exist when a seller marketing a product in a separate line of commerce also markets a large volume of computer services.
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- 1973