Re: Reminder, blatant ad

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1138498404.975129.110220_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
> > dawn skrev:
> >
> > > Perhaps we need to define developer. I am calling anyone who is
> > > developing software a "developer."
>
> I still agree with myself on this one
>
> > Perhaps we need to define
> > > software?
> > > It is everything "stored on" a computer that is not hardware. Does
> > > that work for you? That would be "soft stuff" that can change,
> > > compared to the hardware. I haven't thought long and hard about that
> > > definition, but that is how I perceive it.
> >
> > That definition would of course aso include the "end user" who only
> > punches data into a shrink-wrapped software package. In my view, a
> > "developer" should be one who is making software.

> That is my view as well and I see where my definitions are not tight
> enough to make that clear. If someone is using software, providing
> input or using output, but not developing any functions, then I guess I
> would say they are not developing software. However, if that input is
> in the form of specs... (e.g. the user type in a bunch of xml documents
> and dtds and then clicks a button to generate an application), then
> what?

> Anyway, I'm good with saying that a developer is someone developing
> software, I'm not as happy with the definiion of software. What is a
> nice crisp definition of software?

Do you think of a virtual machine as software or hardware ? Software = ware that can be easily changed and provide a function only when used with some hardware.
Hardware= ware that is hard to change and provide a function only when used with some software.
The soft or hard quality is relative.

For example the mathematics is hardware ;-) Received on Mon Jan 30 2006 - 12:14:38 CET