application software

In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office system software suite or productivity suite is a
collection of programs intended to be used by knowledge workers. The components are generally distributed together, have a consistent user interface and
usually can interact with each other, sometimes in ways that the operating system would not normally allow.
A great variety of application software companies and programmers in the world comprise a software industry.
Software can be quite a profitable industry: Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was the richest person in the world in 2009 largely by selling the
Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office software products. The same goes for Larry Ellison, largely through his Oracle database software. Through time the
software industry has become increasingly specialized.
Non-profit virtual application software organizations include the Free Software
Foundation, GNU Project and Mozilla Foundation. Crm application software standard
organizations like the W3C, IETF develop software standards so that most software can interoperate through standards such as XML, HTML, HTTP or FTP.Other
well-known large software companies include Novell, SAP, Symantec, Adobe Systems, and Corel, while small companies often provide innovation.