State the advantages Off-the-shelf

-  tends to be less expensive as development costs can be spread over many users

-  can be more sophisticated as large sales bring in considerable revenue that can be used to enable a lot of development to be done.

-  There would be considerable support from other user groups

-  sharing of files with other packages is generally easier as they are likely to be compatible (e.g. Word and Excel)

-  Package is available immediately - no need to wait for development period

-  Tried and trusted software as usually highly developed because of considerable user feedback