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Software Notebook: Boxed software faces uncertain future
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| Numbers from the NPD Group research firm support that assertion: As of last
| year, about 70 percent of the dollar volume of software sales was still going
| through traditional, bricks-and-mortar retail stores in the U.S., according
| to NPD.
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| Packaged software is "still an important piece of the software sales pie,"
| said Michael Redmond, an NPD analyst, in an e-mail message last week.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/375342_software18.html
People will choose services, not downloads that get installed on a single PC.
Recent:
Microsoft Halts Boxed Sales of Microsoft Money
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| Microsoft has decided to halt boxed retail sales of Microsoft Money in favor
| of online downloads.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327795,00.asp
Related:
Money Password Vulnerability
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| A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Money which could allow a
| malicious user to obtain the password of a Money data file.
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http://d4us.co.nr/index.php?s=&showtopic=1004
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