Category talk:Home computer software companies
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Over the past of couple of days, I've noticed a considerable amount of video game companies listed on the Home computer software companies category; yet having never been involved in this type of market.
Please view the Home computer article to have a good understanding of what kind of computers do fall in this category. Home computers were microcomputers that existed primarily in the 1980s and used the BASIC language. Hence, home computers do NOT include modern Windows or Mac OS personnal computers. They also do not include all the video games consoles manufactured by Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft, Sony or Coleco.
In the days to come, I will be proceeding with a revision of all the articles contained in this category. Expect many articles to me removed or switched to another category. If you feel a company truly belongs into this category, please give examples on its article of home computers it has released games for.
Thank You
— Farine May 20, 2006 (UTC)
-Odd name for the category, obviously a drastically large amount of people have a 'computer' in their 'home' which they would logically see as their 'home computer', and there are 'software companies' making software for those computers... I'm struggling to see a large category of software companies that made software that was unique to its use in the home (vs. business vs. government, etc.), other than video games, which you have excluded. So your domain would either be:
- inclusive - every software company whom ever made software plausibly used in a home (i.e. Microsoft Word, web browsers,etc.), while you could filter out very business-focused or industry focused companies (i.e. Oracle?, SAP?)
- exlusive - only software companies whose software has no rational use outside of the home (basically games, perhaps home finance programs, ?, etc.)
I reviewed the Home computer article, which describes early events in the history of personal computers, and for better or worse, does include mention of game consoles. I'm still struggling to see any given date or decade as the 'end' of the Home computer era.
Suggestions would be to try to delineate companies by decade established (i.e. Software companies established in the 1980s) or by platform (i.e BASIC software companies)Cander0000 20:46, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
