35.-+Comercial+Software+VS+Especialized+Software

__ Commercial Software vs. Specialized Software __ Commercial software programs typically come in a physical box, which is what you see displayed in retail stores. While it's true that the software boxes are not as big as they used to be, they still contain the software [|CD] or [|DVD] and usually a "getting started" manual along with a registration key used for registering the product. Most commercial software programs ask that the user register the program so the company can keep track of its authorized users.
 * Commercial software **, or less commonly, **payware**, is [|computer software] that is produced for [|sale] or that serves [|commercial] purposes. All or parts of software packages and services that support commerce are increasingly made available as [|free software] . This includes products from [|Red Hat] , [|Apple Computer] , [|Sun Microsystems] , [|Google] , and [|Microsoft Corporation] . Microsoft Corporation uses "commercial software", to describe their [|business model].

**Specialized software** is software that is written for a specific task rather for a broad application area. These programs provide facilities specifically for the purpose for which they were designed.