Re: Definitions of Software and Database

dawn wrote:
> Bob Hairgrove wrote:
> > On 5 Feb 2006 15:59:17 -0800, "dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Of course then we might have to define "thinking" ;-)
> >
> > Yep ... just another troll.
> >
> > >> That definition may be indistinguishable from ye lores of olden, but yet
> > >> it is the plaine truthe.
> > >
> > >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:
> > >
> > >A software developer is a person who intentionally causes 0's and 1's
> > >to be ordered in such a way as to bend a thinking stone to obey their
> > >will.
> >
> > Yep ... just another troll.
>
> Marshall, David, x, JOG, Frank, mAsterdam, other fine folks... Could
> anyone let Bob know I'm not a troll. Fabian Pascal calls me stupid and
> ignorant, but not (so far) a troll. We all have our limits and I don't
> take kindly to being told I'm not welcome in the discussion. Thanks.
> --dawn

Dawn is certainly not trolling. Disagreement is common on these boards, in fact, that is part of their charm. I find her posts both entertaining and polite even when I do not agree with their contents, and she has made far more contribution than I to comp.theory.database as the archives show. Nuff said. Received on Mon Feb 06 2006 - 02:27:33 CET