A family member who hasn't worked with computers before has decided to change jobs. You've been asked to explain some of the basics. You begin by explaining the basic idea of word processing software, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software. You sense that the following question is coming: "Why so many different things? Why can't there just be one software that you could use for everything?" How would you answer?

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Dalia Fry

11 June, 02:51

A family member who hasn't worked with computers before has decided to change jobs. You've been asked to explain some of the basics. You begin by explaining the basic idea of word processing software, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software. You sense that the following question is coming: "Why so many different things? Why can't there just be one software that you could use for everything?" How would you answer?

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Elianna Sullivan · Answer 1

Answer: That due to the specific tasks that needs to be accomplished by each program to make an all encompassing program would be inefficient and full of bugs

Explanation: try to do something along those lines ex why would MySQL be used to check your essay for grammar the tasks are on opposite spectrums