From: Patricia Ferdinandi (sbdipat@home.com)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 09:33:00 EST
Interesting question Brent.
I would look at this like the automobile industry. The car is made up of
many products. Each of those products also contain products. Its been
awhile since I worked in that industry but I think they defined the product
by an orderable piece of hardware. Now, to carry that over to
technological component, I agree that a technological component is a
product and can be made up of multiple products.
Pat
At 10:03 AM 2/9/00 +1100, you wrote:
>I know this may seem like one of those really obvious things, but can anyone
>give a good definition of what a "product" is? ANSI/IEEE Std. 610.12-1990
>doesn't seem to have a definition.
>
>Specifically: is a technological component produced by one internal group
>for one or more other internal groups a product?
>
>I think the answer is yes, but not everyone agrees, which tells me that our
>definitions don't agree.
>
>If a technology is not a product, then what makes it different?
>
>Regards,
>Brent
>
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