Re: Reminder, blatant ad

JOG wrote:
> x wrote:
> > "dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1138746760.004461.205330_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > >
> > > x wrote:
> > > > The hardware is the material part of a computer.
> > > > The software is the remainder.
> > >
> > > I'm good with that, but then you get back to the question of software
> > > developers being those who develop the software and by this definition
> > > that would include those who do "data entry" because data and software
> > > are together in your definition. Again, I think of data and software
> > > together, but I do not think of software developers and end-users of
> > > software as being one and the same. So, I'm stumped (at least
> > > temporarily) on the definition of software as in the phrase "software
> > > developer." --dawn
> >
> > Data entry is the same as data development ?
>
> That sounds nonsensical to my ears - one cannot 'develop' data, just as
> one can't 'develop' a one or a zero.

Agreed. One can implement systems in a combination of software and hardware. But if h/w is what you can weigh (or kick or ...) in a computer and s/w is the rest, then what is a s/w developer? If it is anyone participating in creating software and the software is everything you cannot kick, then a data entry person would be a software developer. That doesn't work for me, so help me out. What is software as in "software developer"? It was clear to me for a brief second and escaped me when trying to capture the thought in words. Thanks. --dawn Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 16:25:57 CET