Information about Retail Software
Retail software is computer software sold to end consumers, usually under restricted licenses. Until the emergence of the Internet, retail software represented, until the 2000s, the vast majority of all end consumer software used and was referred to as shrinkware because software almost always ships in a shrinkwrapped box. An important historical event that led to the expansion of the market for retail software was the Open Letter to Hobbyists by Bill Gates in 1976.
The most famous examples of retail software are the products offered on the IBM PC and clones in the 1980s and 90s, including famous programs like Lotus 123, Word Perfect and the various parts that make up Microsoft Office. Microsoft Windows is also shrinkware, but is most often pre-installed on the computer.
The rise of the Internet and software licensing schemes has dramatically changed the retail software market. Users are capable of finding shareware, freeware and free software products as easily as retail. Producers of proprietary software have shifted to providing much of their software and services via the Internet, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Apple Computer.
Consumers refers to individuals or households that purchase and use goods and services generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer is used in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.
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Shrinkwrap, also shrink wrap or shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied to this material it shrinks tightly over whatever it was covering.
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The most famous examples of retail software are the products offered on the IBM PC and clones in the 1980s and 90s, including famous programs like Lotus 123, Word Perfect and the various parts that make up Microsoft Office. Microsoft Windows is also shrinkware, but is most often pre-installed on the computer.
The rise of the Internet and software licensing schemes has dramatically changed the retail software market. Users are capable of finding shareware, freeware and free software products as easily as retail. Producers of proprietary software have shifted to providing much of their software and services via the Internet, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Apple Computer.
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Computer software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some task on a computer system. [1]
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Consumers refers to individuals or households that purchase and use goods and services generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer is used in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.
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Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government
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The 2000s is the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009.
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The 2000s is the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009.
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- Also see Shrink Rap (disambiguation)
Shrinkwrap, also shrink wrap or shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied to this material it shrinks tightly over whatever it was covering.
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The Open Letter to Hobbyists was an open letter written by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, to early personal computer hobbyists, in which Gates expresses dismay at the rampant copyright infringement taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his
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William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955[1]) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.
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IBM PC Series IBM Personal Computer XT • IBM Portable Personal Computer • IBM PCjr ?
IBM PC (model 5150)
Type Personal computer
Released August 12, 1981
Discontinued April 2, 1987
Processor Intel 8088 @ 4.
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IBM PC (model 5150)
Type Personal computer
Released August 12, 1981
Discontinued April 2, 1987
Processor Intel 8088 @ 4.
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Lotus 1-2-3 is a spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (now part of IBM). It was the IBM PC's first killer application; its huge popularity in the mid-1980s contributed significantly to the success of IBM PC in the corporate environment.
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WordPerfect is a proprietary word processing application. At the height of its popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was the de facto standard word processor, but has since been eclipsed in sales by Microsoft Word.
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Maintainer: Microsoft
OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Use: Office suite
License: Proprietary
Website: office.microsoft.com
Microsoft Office
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OS: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Use: Office suite
License: Proprietary
Website: office.microsoft.com
Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Windows
Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate, the latest version of Microsoft Windows.
Company/developer: Microsoft Corporation
OS family: MS-DOS/9x-based, Windows CE, Windows NT
Source model: Closed source
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Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate, the latest version of Microsoft Windows.
Company/developer: Microsoft Corporation
OS family: MS-DOS/9x-based, Windows CE, Windows NT
Source model: Closed source
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Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government
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A software license comprises the permissions, rights and restrictions imposed on software (whether a component or a free-standing program). Use of software without a license could constitute infringement of the owner's exclusive rights under copyright or, occasionally, patent law
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Shareware is a marketing method for computer software. Shareware software is typically obtained free of charge, often by downloading from the Internet or on magazine cover-disks. A user tries out the program, and thus shareware has also been known as "try before you buy".
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Freeware is copyrighted computer software which is made available for use free of charge, for an unlimited time. Authors of freeware often want to "give something to the community", but also want credit for their software and to retain control of its future development.
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Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things.
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Google Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: GOOG ), (LSE: GGEA )
Founded Menlo Park, California (September 7 1998[1])
Headquarters Mountain View, California, USA
Key people Eric E.
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Public (NASDAQ: GOOG ), (LSE: GGEA )
Founded Menlo Park, California (September 7 1998[1])
Headquarters Mountain View, California, USA
Key people Eric E.
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Microsoft Corporation
Public (NASDAQ: MSFT )
Founded Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (April 4 1975)[1]
Headquarters Redmond, Washington, United States
Key people Bill Gates, Co-founder and Executive Chairman ;
Paul Allen, Co-founder ;
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Public (NASDAQ: MSFT )
Founded Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (April 4 1975)[1]
Headquarters Redmond, Washington, United States
Key people Bill Gates, Co-founder and Executive Chairman ;
Paul Allen, Co-founder ;
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Yahoo! Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: YHOO )
Founded Santa Clara, California
(March 1, 1995)
Headquarters 701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, California, USA
Key people Jerry Yang, CEO, Chief Yahoo! and Co-founder
David Filo, Chief Yahoo! and Co-founder
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Public (NASDAQ: YHOO )
Founded Santa Clara, California
(March 1, 1995)
Headquarters 701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, California, USA
Key people Jerry Yang, CEO, Chief Yahoo! and Co-founder
David Filo, Chief Yahoo! and Co-founder
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Apple Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: AAPL , LSE: ACP , FWB: APC )
Founded California (April 1 1976, as Apple Computer, Inc.)
Headquarters 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California
Key people Steve Jobs, CEO & Co-founder
Steve Wozniak, Co-founder
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Public (NASDAQ: AAPL , LSE: ACP , FWB: APC )
Founded California (April 1 1976, as Apple Computer, Inc.)
Headquarters 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California
Key people Steve Jobs, CEO & Co-founder
Steve Wozniak, Co-founder
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Proprietary software (also called non-free software or closed-source software) is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor.
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