From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: cgrussel@bradford.ac.uk (Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats) Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers Date: 1997/05/30 Message-ID: <5mmtse$61k@squire.cen.brad.ac.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 244993181 References: <01bc66fa$ee7910e0$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> <5m57nu$7si@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> Followup-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Organization: University of Bradford Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Kaz Kylheku (kaz@vision.crest.nt.com) wrote: : That's another pet peeve of mine: using ``technology'' with reference to : software. I've noticed that some hardware manfuacturers have been using the : term ``hardware technology'' in their marketing propaganda since it's no : longer understood what the word really means. : Software is not technology; the stuff that it runs on is technology. Surely a technology is an abstract label given to a means used to achieve an aim: Certain building technologies stop bridges from falling down. Certain electronic technologies allow communication between remote persons. Certain software technologies allow given sets of data to be stored and retrieved in an efficient manner. All seem worthy of the title to me. -- Chris Russell | Bradford Bulls - Wembley 1997 Electronic Imaging Unit | University of Bradford | Tough on St.Helens TEL: +44 1274 385463 | Tough on the causes of St.Helens.