9. Software standards

Unlike hardware, software standards are far less common.  Standard committees have been formed, however, there is no obligation by any company to follow them to the exact letter!

software standardsThe usual route is that a single manufacturer eventually dominates the market and effectively defines the standard for that type of software e.g. Microsoft Windows and Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat PDF.

These companies may eventually publish a 'standard' that allows other companies to create compatible files. There are now many application that can read and create Adobe PDF documents and 'office' files.

 

 

 

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