Software Development Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Research and Development [Abstract]

Schedule of Software Development Costs, Net [Table Text Block]

A summary of software development costs, net is as follows:

	2021				2020
(In thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Software to be sold, leased or marketed	$	2,751,960	$	1,985,051	$	2,610,476	$	1,788,019
Software delivered exclusively as a service	474,712		241,264		385,168		198,276
Total	$	3,226,672	$	2,226,315	$	2,995,644	$	1,986,295
Software development costs, net			$	1,000,357			$	1,009,349

Schedule of Capitalized Software, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows:

(In thousands)
2022	$	280,626
2023	247,172
2024	201,507
2025	146,610
2026	90,212

Schedule of Software Development Costs

Information regarding our software development costs is included in the following table:

	For the Years Ended
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Software development costs	$	828,502	$	796,971	$	783,593
Capitalized software development costs	(308,026)		(295,277)		(273,871)
Amortization of capitalized software development costs	261,798		247,313		227,414
Net realizable value charges	53,721		—		—
Total software development expense	$	835,995	$	749,007	$	737,136