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Mainframe environment will not disappear
overnight, but no growth anticipated in number of large mainframe
shops.
New developments will be end-user
driven; packaged solutions will grow; significant increase in
the distribution of applications and application systems; increased
use of communications; outsourcing of new applications; and continued
development of better tools for systems development.
Move toward "standard"
hardware and operating systems platforms.
New methods of systems development
including reuse and re-engineering of existing code; new approaches
to preparing languages, for example "object-oriented"
languages; use of new technologies for systems specifications
and development, such as expert systems for systems development
and formal specification languages.
New knowledge workers.
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Number of software workers is projected
to continue to grow at double digit annual rates to 250,000 or
more by 1995.
The proportion of women in software-related
occupations will not increase to match their overall increase
in the labour force, leading to a gender imbalance.
Due to training needs and lack of
experienced workers, software-related workers are more likely
to change employers. Mobility between employers is somewhat high,
and there is a high degree of inter-industry mobility.
Two sections of the software industry:
developers of software products and sales and service (e.g., Corel,
Cognos) and users of the products and services, called in-house
software (e.g., banks, government, manufacturers, hospitals, etc.).
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