Re: Reminder, blatant ad
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:03:59 +0200
Message-ID: <drpmh3$1eg$1_at_domitilla.aioe.org>
"Gene Wirchenko" <genew_at_ucantrade.com.NOTHERE> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:53:04 +0200, "x" <x_at_not-exists.org> wrote:
>
> >"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1138652402.406877.187710_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> No. It is used as a model, a metaphor. So, what are your precise
> >> definitions for hardware and software -- the ones you gave earlier or
> >> do you want to revise? --dawn
> >
> >Any computer can be divided in two disjoint parts: the hardware and the
> >software.
> >The software is the part that can be easily changed to modify the
function
> >of a computer.
>
> "easily" does not begin to address the essence of the difference.
>
> How many people do you know who can install a motherboard? Be
> sure to count all the people at the local computer/electronics stores.
How many people do you know who can manufacture a motherboard (including the
microprocessor) ?
Be sure to count all the people at the local computer/electronics stores.
How many people do you know who can alter the chips on the motherboard after
that ?
Be sure to count all the people at the local computer/electronics stores.
> How many people do you know who write an accounting app? To be
> fair, be sure to count all the people at the local
> computer/electronics stores. What do you mean you only found one?
> By that, hardware is software, and software is hardware.
Yes. Isn't it ? :-)
Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 08:03:59 CET