On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 5:21 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > As I said, a new generation. Look at the tech we are talking about, > the guys who invented it, popularized it are getting older, a new > generation has come along and is using it's own nomenclature to > describe the new and old/redone tech that surrounds them.
If it is Apple that has popularized the term "app." then that means Steve Jobs has either coined or approved the term. He is hardly new generation, although he often acts quite childish. > Does the > generation that came up in the 80's use the slang and exact > nomenclature of those that came up in the 60's? That depends upon what field of endeavor you are talking about. > You need to come to terms with something, Steve. I'm sorry to have to > do this to you but someone has to get you ready for your future. Say > it with me.. > > 'Get off my lawn!' Well now, hold on here. You begin to sound like you are channeling "you know who." I do not have to begin speaking like a 'tweeter' just because some twenty-somethings are doing it. Plus, I do not have to adopt new slang just to try and prove something about my hipness. I am secure as I am. I shall continue to use the term 'application' as opposed to 'app.' I shall also continue to use the term software or program and I will even distinguish types of software by stating if utility or productivity because I believe that to do so provides better clarification to the recipient. Just because Mr. Jobs says that 'software' no longer exists, that what used to be 'softwre' is now an 'app,' I will simply disagree with that self-serving assessment of his. Steve *************************************** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO ** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***************************************
