Re: Reminder, blatant ad
Date: 1 Feb 2006 08:14:27 -0800
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x wrote:
> "dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1138807556.980279.105260_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > JOG wrote:
> > > 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.
>> > everything you cannot kick, then a data entry person would be a
> > Agreed. One can implement systems in a combination of software and
> > hardware. But if h/w is what you can weigh (or kick or ...) in a
> > computer and s/w is the rest, then what is a s/w developer? If it is
> > anyone participating in creating software and the software is
> > software developer.
>
> No because entry is not developing :-)
> The one that do software entry are called software developers ?
>
> To distinguish data from software you can say that the software provide a
> function and data does not. The data is processed.
The software might just be sitting there, processing nothing at any given point. Is it then data and NOT software? Derived data would certainly then be software. What data is not derived from bytes? There is nothing without functions except an unaccessed disk. --dawn Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 17:14:27 CET