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Re: Definitions of Software and Database

From: JOG <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Feb 2006 20:21:59 -0800
Message-ID: <1139113319.268316.155230@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


Well is a database not merely a physical implementation of an abstract data model? Define that and one's going in the right direction to defining the purpose of that specific type of software.

Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
> A software developer is a person capable of arranging a collection of
> ones and zeroes in such a way as to bend a thinking stone to obey his
> will.

simply brilliant. Received on Sat Feb 04 2006 - 22:21:59 CST

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