tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post7153243881106604548..comments2024-03-25T22:12:49.064-07:00Comments on Gerald Weinberg's Secrets of Writing and Consulting: What is Software?Gerald M. Weinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05902673055244863609noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post-860963544823196292018-02-25T20:28:36.912-08:002018-02-25T20:28:36.912-08:00Hardware should be called easyware. Then software ...Hardware should be called easyware. Then software should be called hardware. You end up saving one variable and solve the problem for good. LOL Yanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692393618324106849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post-71543861131471930962018-01-07T09:31:05.084-08:002018-01-07T09:31:05.084-08:00I may have replied to that question from a differe...I may have replied to that question from a different angle. Software has become synonymous with "business knowledge." Business knowledge has been encapsulated into software thru the communication of requirements to software developers who have transcribed that knowledge into (programming languages. And today many business functions can't operate without the use of their software applications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post-55350661926487261912018-01-02T08:12:18.401-08:002018-01-02T08:12:18.401-08:00I guess I should have written "easierware,&qu...I guess I should have written "easierware," rather than "easyware." Neither software nor hardware are easy.Gerald M. Weinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902673055244863609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post-83896534741725201302018-01-02T04:23:06.526-08:002018-01-02T04:23:06.526-08:00Plenty of them. Stuff that has to work, like devic...Plenty of them. Stuff that has to work, like device drivers. <br /><br />But that’s not the point. Modern silicon is every bit as complex as most software; and you can’t just make silicon, see if it works and go round again if not - way too expensive. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18145332298370140569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post-23418188352419588212018-01-01T22:02:37.002-08:002018-01-01T22:02:37.002-08:00Hi Gerald, have you been developing both software ...Hi Gerald, have you been developing both software and hardware? I've only tried first, but I believe manufacturing a decent chip is not easy at all. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465132675175999649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post-51284356607553297582018-01-01T11:47:18.945-08:002018-01-01T11:47:18.945-08:00And how many of them have ever developed significa...And how many of them have ever developed significant software?Gerald M. Weinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902673055244863609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922407.post-88031179122950539302018-01-01T00:18:06.807-08:002018-01-01T00:18:06.807-08:00"What we call “hardware” should have been cal..."What we call “hardware” should have been called “easyware,”..."<br /><br />An enormous queue of EEs and chip designers is forming. I think they all want to disagree with you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18145332298370140569noreply@blogger.com