• own versus license
    • license
      • right to use specified number of copies
      • limits vendors liability
    • site license
      • flat fee to install software product on all company computers or all computers at a specific site
  • what do business professionals need to know about application software?
    • categories of application programs
      • Horizontal- market applications
        • provide capabilities common across all organizations and industries
      • vertical- market application
        • serve the needs of a specific industry
      • one-of-a-kind applications
        • develop for a specific, unique need.
  • what is firmware
    • computer software installed on read-only memory
  • is open source software a viable alternative
    • GNU general public license agreement
      • successful open source projects
        • open office ( a Microsoft office look-alike)
        • firefox a browser)
        • my SQL ( a DBMS, see chapter 5)
        • apache ( a web server, see chapter 6)
        • ubnutu ( a windows-like desktop operating system)
        • Cassandra (a NoSQL, DBMS, see chapter 5)
        • hadoop ( a BigData processor, see chapter 8)
      • so, is open source viable
        • depends

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