Sentence examples for software proprietary from inspiring English sources

For most of the 1980's and 90's, online banking was limited to early technology adopters willing to put up with arcane software, proprietary networks, system glitches and security concerns.

Also, whereas Apple chose to keep its software proprietary — it could run only on machines that Apple made — Gates licensed Windows to any computer manufacturer that wanted it, just as he had done with DOS.

Pioneers needed to tweak their programs, and were happy to share the improvements they made.It was only in the 1970s, as computing spread, that firms such as Microsoft started to withhold the source code, thereby making software proprietary and turning it into a big business.

"We think Apple Computer, and Steve personally, are making a mistake by making the software proprietary.

We introduced a network topology using a collection of open source linux software, proprietary network components and virtualization tools to emulate our security protocol.

software package (proprietary software, Keygene N.V).

For decades software was "proprietary", because secret code could not be copied or used without payment.

One way to write software, the proprietary approach, is best epitomised by Microsoft.

Its software was proprietary, too: if you wanted to run Apple software, you needed to own an Apple computer.

The problem was that no such independent, tech-savvy inspection was done, because the ECU software is proprietary.

Open source is awesome because it helps you find issues you would never find if the software were proprietary.