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Re: Seen the STC Survey on May 22? (Was: TC definition)
Subject:Re: Seen the STC Survey on May 22? (Was: TC definition) From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sat, 31 May 2008 15:35:49 -0700
Which was the point in the first place. Someone working
for a software company complained that there was no
industry category he felt included in. What you "ironically
overlooked" when you replied, "Perhaps I'm overlooking
something ironical here, but a "software company" is
clearly within the IT industry" is that you were trying to tell
him he was part of an industry he had just specifically
cited as one he did not feel included in.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com>
> Certainly software development is integral to the IT industry. But it does
> not follow that everyone who designs and develops software is working in the
> IT industry. Many work for other industries. It's a question of the primary
> goods and services produced by the enterprise (not the internal department)
> one is working for.
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