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> Globally, the top R&D spenders are increasingly concentrated in software and computer services I always find these sorts of statements strange because most s

> Globally, the top R&D spenders are increasingly concentrated in software and computer services I always find these sorts of statements strange because most software is not intended to be software but rather something else. For example, Adobe's suite should be classified under 'art supplies' or 'video production'. While true that it's software, in my mind, it's like classifying a car builder as a metal fabricator. The truth is software and computers are pervasive today. There's rarely any software (other than development tools) that are truly aimed at computers themselves. Almost all software today is used for other industries and ought to be classified under that. Under this taxonomy, I think things would seem much more diverse.

doctorpangloss 2y ago
> Adobe's suite should be classified under 'art supplies' or 'video production'... Under this taxonomy, I think things would seem much more diverse. Will someone who has shopped at Blick for 20 years be able to develop a Photoshop plugin? It would be a stretch.
- anon291 2y ago
  It's clearly not just software etiher though
- bluGill 2y ago
  Most people who shop at Blick don't make their own canvas, clay. Many of them wouldn't know how. They could learn and some do, but many never will. Likewise they could learn to write software but most won't.
bluGill 2y ago
Software is a tool, so it should have some count toward that economy. Same as any other tool is a hammer part of real estate or iron?
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