Week 4: Clear

Where would we be without application software?

I never realized everything I essentially used on the computer was application software. I think the personal use of the computer would not as wide spread as it is today without the development of applications. Think about it. Every time I turn on my computer, one of the first things I do is open up outlook. At one point I managed without outlook, but now I cannot imagine how I would do without.

Application software has had a huge impact on the business I run with my father. We are a small roofing contractor in Jacksonville and we use Quickbooks to supplement not having a full time accountant. We still use one once a month to estimate taxes but other than that, Quickbooks does everything else. Being able to use that application has saved our company countless dollars.

This link provides one persons opinion to the top 10 advances in software development. I do not think we can argue with his number one.