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_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
> 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:
Date: 5 Feb 2006 18:52:47 -0800
Message-ID: <1139194367.174681.5010_at_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 Mon Feb 06 2006 - 03:52:47 CET