Re: Article in front of hardware or software

[Michael West <WestM -at- conwag -dot- com>]

 > OK, so assume that an IP product is called IPR, should we refer to 
"setup
> the IPR" or setup "IPR".
> It was my feeling that even though this is its name, it is still 
hardware
> and should perhaps be called the IPR?
> Same with software applications, what do you say setup VUM or setup the 
VUM
> to do XYZ?

No, no, no. FORGET about hardware or software. The issue of whether it is 
hardware or software is irrelevant.

If you have a software package named "IPR", and you  write, "Launch IPR", 
you are using "IPR" as a proper noun. Proper nouns are unique names of 
specific individuals, whether animate or inanimate.

Were you to write "launch the IPR", then I would understand that you are 
using "IPR" not as a proper noun identifying a specific object,  but as 
the name of a *class* of objects.

-- 
Mike West
Melbourne, Australia


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