Supply and Demand of the Computer Software
The supply and demand of the computer software market has increased in both respects exponentially over the past decade. With more and more innovative technologies coming onto the market there have become more opportunities for suppliers to find market niches. For example the article I picked to illustrate this is one about the newly created iPad and how it is becoming a device that is replacing textbooks in many high schools across the country. This new software that allows the textbook to become electronic and put onto the iPad is one that is still being developed and has no foreseeable ceiling in the near future. Many other things such as the textbook are put into electronic form: books in general are being revolutionized by devices such as the Nook and the Kindle. With this trend continuing I feel the market for this sector is going to continue growing and be something that will definitely be very profitable.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Many-US-schools-adding-iPads-apf-1245885050.html?x=0&.v=2
The computer hardware and software industry definitely has opportunities and strengths, however what are some of the threats it poses? For example, it is a threat to the existence of books? Can the market keep growing without causing any unethical implications?
ReplyDeleteI found that as I read about this new software, I realized that my old high school was branching towards this. We had iPads readily available to anyone who wanted to use them. Some of the apps today are really opening the doors to educating the future. Does anyone think that it could be a practical alternative to a textbook?
ReplyDeleteI think the ipad has the potential to be a practical alternative to a textbook but the major problem with investing in an ipad for ebooks vs. real print textbooks is that there are still a majority of textbooks in print that are not available for the iPad. In which case a student could spend upwards of 500 dollars on an ipad and have no guarantee that all (or any) of their required textbooks be available as an ebook.
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