Re: Reminder, blatant ad

From: JOG <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 1 Feb 2006 06:29:20 -0800
Message-ID: <1138804160.395667.310820_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


x wrote:
> "dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1138746760.004461.205330_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > x wrote:
> > > The hardware is the material part of a computer.
> > > The software is the remainder.
> >
> > I'm good with that, but then you get back to the question of software
> > developers being those who develop the software and by this definition
> > that would include those who do "data entry" because data and software
> > are together in your definition. Again, I think of data and software
> > together, but I do not think of software developers and end-users of
> > software as being one and the same. So, I'm stumped (at least
> > temporarily) on the definition of software as in the phrase "software
> > developer." --dawn
>
> Data entry is the same as data development ?

That sounds nonsensical to my ears - one cannot 'develop' data, just as one can't 'develop' a one or a zero. Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 15:29:20 CET

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