Programs Are Programs

The first ten years of Autodesk's existence have witnessed not only a breathtaking increases in the power of personal computers and the capability of the software they run, but equally rapid shifts in how such products are marketed, sold, and supported. There's no reason to believe that evolution in any of these domains will cease in the near future. Indeed, developments in communication technology permit entirely new approaches to software distribution which, being beneficial both to vendors and customers, may be widely adopted in the next several years. In June 1993 I tried to peer into the crystal ball and forecast how software will be bought and delivered in the late 1990's.

• World War Four
• Background--Is Software a Business?
• It's a Program, Stupid
• Let's Crunch Some Numbers
• Does This Sound Familiar? 1
• Does This Sound Familiar? 2
• Does This Sound Familiar? 3
• Does This Sound Familiar? 4
• Does This Sound Familiar? 5
• Does This Sound Familiar? 6
• Getting There
• The Enabling Prerequisite
• Summary and Conclusion