3. • Both a product and a vehicle for delivering a product
• Product
• Produces, manages, acquires, modifies, display, or transmits
information
• Vehicle
• Supports, Controls other programs, communications
Dual Role of Software
4. Industry origin : computer software and services companies of the (1950s and 1960s).
(1970s and 1980s) : Computer hardware companies
(1990s – Present) : Transformed the way people worked, played and communicated every day of their lives.