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2007-04-01T01:38:04Z

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==How to vandalize Wikipedia pages==
===General direction===
# Put something that looks legit for the edit summary, like
Reverted edits by 1.2.3.4 to last version by SomeUser
stub sorting using [[WP:AWB|AWB]]
reword per [[WP:MOS]]
# English Wikipedia is edited mostly by [[English language|English]] speakers. 73% of the English speakers are [[Canadian]]s or [[American]]s. So pick a time when most of these people are asleep.
# Go to a public place where you cannot be traced. Look at the talk page of your "IP user" first. It would be ideal to use an IP that has never edited before.
# Use a browser that supports [[Tabbed document interface|tabbed browsing]] such as [[Mozilla Firefox]] or [[Opera (Internet suite)|Opera]]. Open many tabs, edit, and save them all at once (as quickly as possible using alt-s (or alt-shift-s) and the hot key for switching between tabs)
# If you are still not blocked and have done everything you can, copy and paste this how-to to high visibility pages
# Do not edit articles that are recently edited, as more eyes are on it

===Specifics===
====Sneaky====
# Avoid profanity words. They will be caught by robots quickly
# Change the dates on the biography of a not-so-known person
# Rearrange large chunk of paragraphs, but insert a short sentence somewhere
# Find a page where a table is written as
:| a || b || c || d
:and change it do
:| a
:| b
:| something else
:| d
# Create [[Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page|archive]] [[Wikipedia:Subpages|subpage]] of a user talk page. Use the next available number. While you're at it, you might as well do the archive for the user.
# Pick something which is less likely to have [[cognate]]s in other languages. Add interwiki link to random article of a lesser known language.
# Replace Latin letters with Cyrillic or Greek letters that look the same. Combine this with trick with paragraph rearranging. Use external word processing software to quickly replace the letters.
====Maximize damage====
# Add things like <pre><div style="position:absolute;top:-50px;left:-50px;width:100%;height:100%;font-size:50000px;font-color:transparent;">[your url here]</div></pre>
# Make circular [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirects]]
:For example, replace [[University of Cambridge]] with
#REDIRECT [[Cambridge University]]
:and replace [[Cambridge University]] with
#REDIRECT [[University of Cambridge]]
# Redirect one thing to another that has nothing to do
:For example, redirect [[Virginia]] to [[vagina]]
# Redirect X to Y, where Y is a new page, and go back to X without redirect, edit X, add some comment like <nowiki></nowiki>. If you do this right, it would require an admin to move Y back to X.
# Attack highly used templates such as {{tl|Infobox Country}}, [[:Category:Infobox templates|Other infoboxes]], {{tl|disputed}}, {{tl|move}}, [[:Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates|other maintenance templates]]
# Edit the typo list at [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos]]. Make sure the edits are syntactically correct.
# Vandalize edit summary (they cannot be undone).
# Include a very large pictures on many pages to clog the bandwidth
# Pick something from [[Special:Mostrevisions]] but don't edit the page directly. Edit a template that it transcludes.
# Go to [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection]] and vandalize some page that was recently unprotected just to frustrate someone.

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Software industry

2007-02-27T00:57:07Z

66.235.30.105: Changed a tiny grammar error. From "...thus Firefox has become a more popular." to "...thus Firefox has become more popular."

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[[Image:Packagedsoftwareatretail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Starting in the 1980s, application software has been sold in mass-produced packages through retailers]]

'''Software industry''' is a term used to describe the group of businesses involved in the [[software development|development]] and maintenance of [[computer software]]. The software industry started in the mid-1970s at the time of the personal computer revolution. The industry also includes software [[service]]s, such as training and consultancy.

There are mainly two types of businesses in the software industry; those developing [[proprietary]] software such as [[Microsoft]], and those developing [[open source]] software. Developing proprietary software is costly and involves software licensing and the need to protect the software from [[cracking]] and [[piracy]].

The main financial return on open source comes from selling services, such as training and support, rather than the software itself. Many contributors to open source software (especially those developing software tools) also feel that there is a significant long-term return in the form of improved resources and capabilities within the software industry.

Despite doing much business in properietary software, some companies like [[Sun Microsystems]] and [[IBM]] participate in developing free and open source software to deter from [[monopoly|monopolies]] and take a portion of their [[market share]]. [[Netscape]]'s actions are an example of this, and thus [[Firefox]] has become more popular.

The largest and most profitable of software companies are located in the [[United States]]. As of 2006, the software industry is dominated by [[Microsoft]].

This table, derived from the Software Magazine 500 for 2005 [http://www.softwaremag.com/SW500/index.cfm?StartRow=1&RowsPer=50&BusCat_Search=&PrimBus_Search=&PrimBusCat_Search=&RankSort=ASC&CompSort=&trk=n&id=5] shows the total amount of revenue brought by software and [[software company|software services companies]], per locale.

{| class="wikitable"
!Location
!Total Revenue<BR>Millions of [[United States dollar|US$]]
<TR><TD>CA</TD><TD>111836.8</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>NY</TD><TD>101485.1</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>TX</TD><TD>40606.1</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>WA</TD><TD>34744.5</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>MA</TD><TD>19524.9</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>PA</TD><TD>18470.0</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>NJ</TD><TD>9141.3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>MD</TD><TD>8564.9</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>MO</TD><TD>5486.0</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>WI</TD><TD>3729.7</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>VA</TD><TD>3553.3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>NC</TD><TD>3497.9</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>IL</TD><TD>3490.2</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>OH</TD><TD>3404.1</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>FL</TD><TD>3350.4</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>GA</TD><TD>2835.0</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>CO</TD><TD>2522.9</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>MN</TD><TD>1483.3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>MI</TD><TD>1305.7</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>AR</TD><TD>1225.9</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>OR</TD><TD>716.8</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Japan</TD><TD>603.7</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>AL</TD><TD>573.3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>England</TD><TD>550.3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>VT</TD><TD>520.7</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Canada</TD><TD>498.7</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>AZ</TD><TD>388.6</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>NH</TD><TD>296.6</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>NE</TD><TD>292.8</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>UT</TD><TD>247.6</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>SC</TD><TD>201.5</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>CT</TD><TD>102.4</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>MT</TD><TD>61.8</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>IN</TD><TD>55.1</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>IA</TD><TD>51.1</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>ID</TD><TD>47.3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>KY</TD><TD>43.7</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>NV</TD><TD>23.1</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>BC</TD><TD>15.8</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>OK</TD><TD>10.4</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>NB</TD><TD>7.8</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>KS</TD><TD>7.6</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Germany</TD><TD>4.4</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>ND</TD><TD>2.1</TD></TR>
|}

==See also==
*[[Personal Computer]]
*[[Software]]
*[[Software development]]
*[[Software publisher]]
*[[Software engineering]]
*[[Software engineering economics]]

==External links==
* [http://www.siprofessionals.org/ Software Industry Professionals website]
* [http://www.siia.net/ Software and Information Industry Association website]
* [http://www.softwaremag.com/ Software Magazine website]

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