Jun Is Getting Ready to Open a Store in Her

question 3

Multiple Choice

Jun is getting ready to open a store in her home town to sell unique lamp bases and shades. She has bought a laptop to use in the store for all of her operating needs. One of the first applications she knows she needs is one to handle her accounting and check book. How might she go about getting such an application for her business?

• A)open source software
• B)software-as-a-service
• C)open systems
• D)application software package
• E)All of these choices are valid approaches.

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