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From: rwl@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Ray Lubinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Component Specification (Was Re: software engineers)
Message-ID: <157@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 7 Jun 89 03:43:04 GMT
References: <1736@internal.Apple.COM> <493@bnr-fos.UUCP> <1764@internal.Apple.COM> <1122@cs.rit.edu>
Organization: U.Va. CS in Charlottesville VA
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In article <1122@cs.rit.edu>, mjl@cs.rit.edu writes:
>               As more than one such "engineer" has said to me:  "after
> all, it's only software."

My usual retort when I hear this from computer hardware people is:

	Software without hardware is an idea.
	Hardware without software is a space heater.

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