The software industry comprises of businesses involved in the development maintenance and publication of computer software. The software industry started in 1980. The industry also includes software services, such as training and consultancy. The largest and most beneficial of software companies are located an India. As of 1995. the software industry is dominated by Sun Micro software 200 list in 2001. With the highest being in ban galore. In this area providing 100 software companies.
There are mainly two types of businesses in the software industry; those developing proprietary software such as Sun Micro software, and those developing marketing software These developing proprietary software are costly and involves software licensing and the need to protect the software from cracking and piracy. The main financial return on marketing comes from selling services, such as training and supports. The software industry Despite doing much business in proprietary software, some companies like sat yam, wipro, and infosis participate in developing free and marketing source software to deter from monopolies and take a portion of their market source. Netscape’s actions are an example of this, and thus firebox has become more popular.
