Re: Reminder, blatant ad

On 30 Jan 2006 05:25:15 -0800, "dawn" <dawnwolthuis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

>A feature could be in hardware or software, if that is what you mean by
>relative. I don't really like your definitions however. Hardware is
>hard bz you can kick it, not because it is hard to change. But not
>everything you can kick is hardware.
>
>Hardware: All components of a computer that can be kicked
>Software: All components of a computer that cannot be kicked

I like Stan Kelly-Bootle's definition of "module": a part of the
system that can fall off during shipment. Definitely a hardware bias
though.

Sincerely,

Gene wirchenko

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