Commercial software

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Commercial software is computer software that is produced for sale[1] or that serves commercial purposes. Commercial software is most often proprietary software, but every well known free software product is commercial software, too.[2] All or parts of software packages and services that support commerce are increasingly made available as free software, including products from RedHat, Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Google, and Microsoft Corporation. The Microsoft Corporation uses "commercial software", rather than "proprietary software", to describe their business model.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ commercial_software - Definitions from Dictionary.com
  2. ^ Categories of Free and Non-Free Software. Free Software Foundation.
  3. ^ Craig Mundie (2001-05-03). The Commercial Software Model. Microsoft.

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