The computer software industry is one of the biggest areas of the economy. One need only take a quick look at the business section of their newspaper to find information on the many giants in that industry. While Microsoft has become the international standard for computer software operating systems, the thousands of other computer software producers today have an equal impact on the technological world. You can now easily find computer software to meet almost any computing need that you have. Whether you want to try to better organize your pictures, your music, or your schedule, you can find countless packages of computer software to help you. As well, computer software can be downloaded for free of hundreds of different sites on the internet, making it more easily accessible than ever.
However, the rapid advances in computer software have also been used for negative purposes. While anti-virus computer software has come a long way, that is simply a testament to the negative uses of computer software. Many programmers will use their skills to create viruses that will crash your operating system, wipe your memory, or break your hard drive. Why someone would do such a thing is beyond me, but it is certainly a very real risk faced by computer users. As well, many different computer software programs have spy ware built in for the purpose of monitoring different aspects of your computer use, many of which are personal and private. In addition to spying on you, spy ware also clogs up your memory hurting the performance of your computer. Despite these downsides, computer software will continue to develop and likely meet new needs that we did not even know existed.
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