Before it was taken down, the Software Industry Conference website noted: "From 1991 through 1994 the conference was called the Summer Shareware Seminar and was held in June. In 1994, due to a conflict with Ziff-Davis, the conference name was changed to the Shareware Industry Conference and began being held in July. In 2007, the board of directors changed the name to Software Industry Conference to better reflect the needs of the industry."
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The Software Industry Conference website notes: "The Shareware Industry Awards were conceived by Michael Callahan aka Dr. File Finder at the time of the first shareware conference - as a means to focus attention on the shareware industry. Michael felt that while the conference would help shareware authors in general, an awards ceremony "like the Academy Awards" would benefit the shareware industry as a whole."