unbundling
unbundling The separation of system software charges from hardware charges in the marketing of computer systems. Historically, when system software was minimal and represented a small part of total system cost, it was included without additional charge. Unbundling was a natural result of system hardware becoming less expensive while software was becoming a much larger proportion of the cost.
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