Re: Definitions of Software and Database

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 5 Feb 2006 18:52:47 -0800
Message-ID: <1139194367.174681.5010@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

dawn wrote:

> This would make a "data entry person" a software developer by
> definition, right? Perhaps we can add an intent phrase, although I'm
> not sure that changes it sufficiently:

I don't think an intent clause is necessary. A data entry person isn't authoring anything. It is the difference between a typist and an author.
Note that the fact that a software developer uses a keyboard is incidental, the same way that an author's use of a keyboard is incidental. You can write both software and novels with a pen and a pad of paper; the fact that these aren't the usual final form is irrelevant.

Marshall Received on Sun Feb 05 2006 - 20:52:47 CST