On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 12:23:47PM -0400, James Antill wrote: > > This is goes along with the only definition of application that I am > > aware of. Postifx is a system service. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software > > Application software, also known as an application, is computer > software designed to help the user to perform singular or > multiple related specific tasks. > > ...which matches exctly, IMO. But if it's confusing I don't mind > referring to this as "<otherword> installing", if you have a less > confusing word … I'd just rather not say desktop-application+services > +dbus-services+cron-services+etc. installing each time. Keep reading. :) Application software is contrasted with system software and middleware, which manage and integrate a computer's capabilities, but typically do not directly apply them in the performance of tasks that benefit the user. I think it's reasonable to define an MTA as system software. But yeah, let's spell out somewhere exactly what's meant by "application". -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> Senior Systems Architect -- Instructional & Research Computing Services Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
