Explain the difference between on-the-shelf and tailor-made software.?
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on the shelf: software that was created to solve many different problems, it could solve most of yours, it's going to have a bunch of functions that are never going to be used and it may lack some that you just wish it had...\n\nTailor-made: software designed to your needs, it will solve all your problems. It will cost more money (Maybe a lot more) and it may not be good for anyone else but you.
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Here you go.  It allows you to "test-drive the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more."\nIt would probably be to your benefit to buy the software.  Go for the Student/Teachers version.  Its exactly the same and about $250 cheaper.
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most really good book keeping software is expensive.  Check in to quickbooks as a possibility, search for booking software
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Software can belong to many categories and can serve various functions.\nTo find the best software, read reviews at http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/\n\nIt also provides buying advice for the software.\nAlternatively, you can buy the software from sites like\nhttp://www.bestbuy.com\nhttp://www.amazon.com
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Look into SDLC.\n\nIt starts with requirements - defining what is expected - not only on what is needed as far as functionality, but when it is needed and how it is delivered.\n\nSuccess is determined by the approval of the customer.  Make sure you nail down what their expectations are.
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:}\nQuick verse offers library software speciffically for church and school libraries.
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The industry standard is Quark.  Very powerful software, and should allow you to do most anything you'll need.\nInformation on exact features and pricing (both personal and corporate) can be found at: http://www.quark.com/\nGood luck!
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I used this story when trying to teach a group of retired, and very confused people, how to use a PC.\n\nA little librarian has to get all the information together each time you open a program.  After some time adding new programs and using old ones the librarian has made a mess of the whole library.  When you go to open a program he's got to run around here and there to find the pieces of the program he needs for you to use it.  So once in a while (I do it every day) he has to fix it all up, get all the papers together and file the programs away in alphabetical order so that when you need him to open a program or do anything he can easily pick it off the shelf and it's ready to go.\n\nDefragmenting is organizing all the information on your hard drive and contiguous files are files that are in alphabetical order, nice and neat.
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Depends on the program you're using - can you give more details?
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Computer  instructions or data. Anything that can be stored electronically is software. The storage devices and display devices are hardware.\n\nRetail software: This type of software is sold off the shelves of retail stores. It includes expensive packaging designed to catch the eye of shoppers and, as such, is generally more expensive. An advantage of retail software is that it comes with printed manuals and installation instructions, missing in hard-copy form from virtually every other category of software. However, when hard-copy manuals and instructions are not required, a downloadable version off the Internet will be less expensive, if available.\n\nOEM software: OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer" and refers to software sold in bulk to resellers, designed to be bundled with hardware. For example, Microsoft has contracts with various companies including Dell Computers, Toshiba, Gateway and others. Microsoft sells its operating systems as OEM software at a reduced price, minus retail packaging, manuals and installation instructions. Resellers install the operating system before systems are sold and the OEM CD is supplied to the buyer. The "manual" consists of the Help menu built into the software itself. OEM software is not legal to buy unbundled from its original hardware system.\n\nShareware: This software is downloadable from the Internet. Licenses differ, but commonly the user is allowed to try the program for free, for a period stipulated in the license, usually thirty days. At the end of the trial period, the software must be purchased or uninstalled. Some shareware incorporates an internal clock that disables the program after the trial period unless a serial number is supplied. Other shareware designs continue to work with "nag" screens, encouraging the user to purchase the program.\n\nCrippleware: This software is similar to shareware except that key features will cease to work after the trial period has ended. For example, the "save" function, the print function, or some other vital feature necessary to use the program effectively may become unusable. This "cripples" the program. Other types of crippleware incorporate crippled functions throughout the trial period. A purchase is necessary to unlock the crippled features.\n\nDemo software: Demo software is not intended to be a functioning program, though it may allow partial functioning. It is mainly designed to demonstrate what a purchased version is capable of doing, and often works more like an automated tutorial. If a person wants to use the program, they must buy a fully functioning version.\n\nAdware: This is free software that is supported by advertisements built into the program itself. Some adware requires a live Internet feed and uses constant bandwidth to upload new advertisements. The user must view these ads in the interface of the program. Disabling the ads is against the license agreement. Adware is not particularly popular.\n\nSpyware: Spyware software is normally free, but can be shareware. It clandestinely "phones home" and sends data back to the creator of the spyware, most often without the user's knowledge. For example, a multimedia player might profile what music and video files the software is called upon to play. This information can be stored with a unique identification tag associated with the specific program on a user's machine, mapping a one-to-one relationship. The concept of spyware is very unpopular, and many programs that use spyware protocols were forced to disclose this to users and offer a means to turn off reporting functions. Other spyware programs divulge the protocols in their licenses, and make acceptance of the spyware feature a condition of agreement for using the software.\n\nFreeware: Freeware is also downloadable off the Internet and free of charge. Often freeware is only free for personal use, while commercial use requires a paid license.
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Custom software, is a type of software that is developed either for a specific organization, or a specific function which differ from other already available software (also called off-the-shelf software), and is generally not targeted towards the mass-market.\n\nCustom software has many advantages, the most important one of course being the fact that the software may be developed for a highly specific purpose, which makes it highly efficient, although at a high cost. Another big advantage when compared to off-the-shelf software is the difference in the relationship between the developer and the customer.\n\nDuring the development, the developer can interact more easily with the future users, and it is easier to incorporate additional functionality as most of the users (if not all) often require the same functionality. Another factor of great importance is that the development phase itself doesn't necessarily need to have a strict deadline, compared with mass-market software, where major applications often are plagued with serious bugs as a result of a short span between deadline and first-sale. Custom software developers on the other hand, can create a version that only contains the system core, and perhaps a few essential system modules. That way, any bugs found in the software is easier to fix, and the developers have a foundation to add more functionality to later in the process.\n\nThe biggest issue with custom software is without doubt the cost, and the time involved developing the software. If you buy an off-the-shelf product from Microsoft or other software producers, the application is ready to install at once, and to a fairly low price, and often with good options when it comes to training or support (although at an added cost). The problem with such software is that for organizations with a highly specialized requirement, the functionality required isn't necessarily available, or it might be implemented in a way that adds to the users' workload. Custom software on the other hand, is costly, as it is created from scratch, in addition to a smaller user base and hence, the licensing cost is higher for each user compared to off-the-shelf software.\n\nOther problems that may occur when using custom software, is exporting data to other systems as this is a feature that has be built inside the system. If the custom software utilizes a proprietary file format, this may become difficult, as opposed to generic software which often come with functions that enables the user to convert a document to other formats by a single 'click'. This can also become an enormous problem when the user wants to upgrade/change to a different system, as the data storage formats may not be compatible.
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Bespoke pieces of software have advantages and disadvantages.\n\nThe advantages being you largely get what you want - very often bespoke software is written by internal IT departments within companies. This usually means that requirements are generally well followed and the company gets more of what they want.\n\nHowever, it is also very common for a company to buy an off-the-shelf piece of software and have the company who wrote it to make changes - to "bespoke" it, thus giving additional features that they find desirable. This usually comes at significant cost.\n\nOccasionally you'll find a piece of software that is basically "vanilla" - meaning that it comes with little out-the-box functionality and has to be entirely customised. An example of this is Chordiant - a CRM system.\n\nOne of the disadvantages of creating a bespoke system, or bespoking an out the box piece of software is that the company shapes the system to match their internal processes rather than shape their processes to match the system, thus they generally don't derive much benefit, and merely have a new system that does exactly the same as their old system, but perhaps looks a little different.\n\nBespoke software is fine so long as companies are mature enough to realise that real benefit comes from process change as well as system change and to have the two harmonised.
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To be honest, there isn't much difference between them.\n\nBoth are reputable, reliable companies. \n\nI use a combination of both here at work.\n\nHope this helps!
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Freeware is some that is free to use. You do not have to pay to use it or register. It is yours to keep and use.
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I believe you are asking for the difference between application software that you can purchase off the shelf (COTS) and custom/bespoke software that you need to engage a programmer to write. It is pretty similar to going to a shop and buying a readymade Shirt versus buying the cloth and engaging the tailor to take your measurements and stitch it.\n+ COTS is usually much cheaper than custom software.\n+ Since there are many other users of the s/w apart from yourself there is a commercial interest in keeping the s/w alive and supported.\n+ COTS s/w usually bunch together the most often used features into a single package with same use and feel.\n\n- COTS/Application software may not suit all your needs.\n- Since source-code is usually not available you cannot tweak the software to satisfy the quirks of your project.\n- Custom software is much more costly as you may be the only customer and the development cost cannot be spread across a wider audience, as is the case with COTS.
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if we categories software generally then we will get only two types\n\n1. Application software\n2. System Softwares\n\nnow application software has two types\n\n1.Custom made\n2.In build
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Not really, but the thing is that you can easily get familiar to this softwares, both are really friendly to use, and you need very few guidance...