Re: Reminder, blatant ad

From: x <x_at_not-exists.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:59:32 +0200
Message-ID: <drqicq$6h3$1_at_domitilla.aioe.org>


"JOG" <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote in message news: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.

So there is a clear distinction between data entry and software development. Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 15:59:32 CET

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