Tech guide 2 questions

1. What are main differences/distinction between system software and application software?
Systems software is a set of instructions that serves primarily as an intermediary between computer hardware and application programmes. It provides important self-regulatory functions for computer systems, such as loading itself when the computer is first turned one and providing commonly used sets of instructions for all applications, whereas application software is a set of computer instructions that provide more specific functionality to a user.2.

What are the two main types of system software?
Systems control programmes:
Functions of the operating system
Types of operating system
System support programmes:
Systems utilities
System performance monitors.

3. What is the difference between proprietary and open source software?
What considerations should be made when a business selects either software. Proprietary software is software that has been developed by a company and has restrictions on its use, copying and modification. On the other hand open-source software is software who’s source code is available at no cost to developers or users. This software is copyrighted and distributed with license terms ensuring that the source code will always be available. If a business does not have time to train users or does not have in-house technical experts the open-source software become more complex and difficult as they may have to buy maintenance support contracts. Though if the business is capable of the complexity then open-source software is low cost and extremely efficient.
4. What are some of the legal issues involved in acquiring and using software in most businesses/organizations?
The legal issues’ surrounding acquiring and using software in most businesses comes down to software licensing. Copying software is illegal and if the correct licensees for the use of the software are not purchased by the organisation the business can be charged with fraud, which results in high legal costs.

5. What is meant by SaaS? Name some examples of this software.
(Saas) is Software-as-a-Service. This is a method of delivering software in which a vendor hosts the applications. Customers access these applications over a network, typically the internet. Customers do not own the software but pay for using it.
o Google
o Amazon