Everything that was published had been produced either by other software houses or by freelance authors.
Those activities damage software houses, large and small.
It is expensive to do so and increases the cost of the product, but it raises the stakes in the battle between software houses and pirates.
It is also a classic example of an industry that has, and will continue to have, a thriving small firms sector that feeds into the larger software houses.
Last week we sent copies of the latest drafts to all local authorities and to the main software houses.
If there are viable proposals to form a group of software houses, that may well give them additional strength.
The copiers attack any successful industry—the book trade, software houses and film producers.
It is part of our policy to encourage commercial software houses to play a more important role in the provision of educational software.
