Article on old software programs (for IBM, Apple, Borland, etc)

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_hiway1.exit109.com>
Date: Wed Aug 18 13:36:10 1999

> > Bill, would you not call this an example of a hardware program?
>
> "Software" implies "program". "Software" by itself is sufficient.
> "Computer program" to differentiate from say "television program"
> I can accept because "program" by itself is ambiguous. I can accept
> "hardware program" as well, although I would say "programmed in hardware".
> If you said that that computer had "hardware software" I would have
> to kill you ;-)

I'm not sure you can really say that "computer program" is any less
ambiguous than "television program", at least when taken with no
context.

For example, Bill asks his friend, "Have you seen the new computer program?"

Is he referring to:

        a. Front Page 2000 (a software application)
        b. "The Computer Chronicles" (a television program about
           computers)
        c. A new political initiative aimed at puttimg more computers
           in schools.

Gotta love English...

<<<John>>>
Received on Wed Aug 18 1999 - 13:36:10 BST