The Computer Software Products Industry in the '80s
Ellis Horowitz · 1981
The Computer Software Products Industry (sometimes called the independent packaged software industry) is composed of those companies which sell predefined and prepackaged computer software to the computer user community at large. Today software represents a major bottleneck in the further rapid spread of computers. The computer software products industry is poised in a crucial position with the chance of playing a pivotal role in eliminating this bottleneck. The overall purpose of this panel will be to discuss the various ways in which this industry is beginning to meet the challenge.