Cloud-based software: this is software that is not installed on a user's device but delivered on-demand via the Internet to the end user's device(s) either through web-based apps or native apps (iOS and Android).
Box Pack - This is a licensed copy of the software that an end-user buys off the shelf from any authorized retail outlet.
An important historical event that led to the expansion of the market for retail software was the Open Letter to Hobbyists by Bill Gates in 1976.
The most famous examples of retail software are the products offered on the IBM PC and clones in the 1980s and 1990s, including famous programs like Lotus 123, Word Perfect and the various parts that make up Microsoft Office.
Users are capable of finding shareware, freeware and free software products or use Web services as easily as retail.