Re: Definitions of Software and Database
From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:58:39 +0100
Message-ID: <43e4964f$0$11062$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
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> That is my thinking as well. But then I get to the term "software
> developer" which someone then pointed out would make a "data entry"
> person a software developer, perhaps? Is there a distinction between a
> software developer and a data entry clerk?
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:58:39 +0100
Message-ID: <43e4964f$0$11062$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
dawn wrote:
> Bob Hairgrove wrote:
>>dawn wrote: >> >>>If your data contains variables or if it can only be accessed through >>>functions that determine its representation based in its type or other >>>information, is it software? >> >>You seem to be trying to make a distinction between "data" and >>"software". I think this will ultimately lead you astray. Software is >>always data!
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> That is my thinking as well. But then I get to the term "software
> developer" which someone then pointed out would make a "data entry"
> person a software developer, perhaps? Is there a distinction between a
> software developer and a data entry clerk?
Source automation activities of software developers help extinguish data entry as a separate job without endangering software development as a separate job.
[snip] Received on Sat Feb 04 2006 - 12:58:39 CET