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Are there statistics or even estimates anywhere regarding the sizes of the various sectors of the software industry (e.g. desktop, systems, embedded, business, games etc.)?

+4  A: 

Here is some information on how each country does globally and the different sectors affected.

And some more details from 2008

Robert Greiner
+1 - there's some good information there. But industries is not the same as the sectors rwallace is after. Also, the BSA is a trade lobbyist, and has pushed some dodgy numbers in the past, e.g., their estimates of edconomic harm caused by software piracy.
Charles Stewart
Yep, I also upvoted it for the same reason.
rwallace
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i think you can find the information from the links on the wikipedia page about the "software industry". But for good information/statistics/reports, you probably have to pay for it.

schrodinger's code
Yeah, I'm just looking for a rough overall estimate. But I wasn't able to find even that linked from the Wikipedia page, I don't suppose you could give any more specific pointers to what I'm missing?
rwallace
here is a report from google answers about size of software industry, quite detailed but it is quite old, back to 2003, not sure if it helps. http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/237465.html
schrodinger's code
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I found something. China only, and the breakdown isn't very detailed, but it is relevant data: http://tmt.interfaxchina.com/news/2609

rwallace