Re: Reminder, blatant ad
Date: 30 Jan 2006 05:25:15 -0800
Message-ID: <1138627515.881224.59700_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>
x wrote:
> "dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1138498404.975129.110220_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
> > > dawn skrev:
> > >
> > > > Perhaps we need to define developer. I am calling anyone who is
> > > > developing software a "developer."
> >
> > I still agree with myself on this one
> >
> > > Perhaps we need to define
> > > > software?
> > > > It is everything "stored on" a computer that is not hardware. Does
> > > > that work for you? That would be "soft stuff" that can change,
> > > > compared to the hardware. I haven't thought long and hard about that
> > > > definition, but that is how I perceive it.
> > >
> > > That definition would of course aso include the "end user" who only
> > > punches data into a shrink-wrapped software package. In my view, a
> > > "developer" should be one who is making software.
>> > and dtds and then clicks a button to generate an application), then
> > That is my view as well and I see where my definitions are not tight
> > enough to make that clear. If someone is using software, providing
> > input or using output, but not developing any functions, then I guess I
> > would say they are not developing software. However, if that input is
> > in the form of specs... (e.g. the user type in a bunch of xml documents
> > what?
>> > software, I'm not as happy with the definiion of software. What is a
> > Anyway, I'm good with saying that a developer is someone developing
> > nice crisp definition of software?
>
> Do you think of a virtual machine as software or hardware ?
software
> Software = ware that can be easily changed and provide a function only when
> used with some hardware.
It would be great if software could be defined as being easy to change, but I don't think that can be part of the definition.
> Hardware= ware that is hard to change and provide a function only when used
> with some software.
> The soft or hard quality is relative.
A feature could be in hardware or software, if that is what you mean by relative. I don't really like your definitions however. Hardware is hard bz you can kick it, not because it is hard to change. But not everything you can kick is hardware.
Hardware: All components of a computer that can be kicked Software: All components of a computer that cannot be kicked
??
> For example the mathematics is hardware ;-)
Mathematics is everywhere, in both hardware and software. Cheerss! --dawn Received on Mon Jan 30 2006 - 14:25:15 CET