From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-03-27T23:05:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Boid writeup idea

On 03/27/2010 12:12 AM, thunk wrote:
> Many things have happened and I won't go into that now, but the Key to
> what I think I'm seeing clearer and clearer is that contributions are
> made from "outside".
> 
> Soooo - I just starting thinking that maybe what this should be called
> to start with is
> 
>>> "'External Contribution Software"
> 
> or maybe just "Externalized Software"
> 
> or something more of this sort.
> 
> Does that sound less Discordant note and also say something?

Nowadays we usually call these externally provided pieces "plugins" or 
"components" - the former term refers to the ability of a piece of 
software to integrate itself in a framework while the latter is a more 
technical term that simply gives parts of a whole application a name. 
The term "services" is also often used when the stress is more on 
offering functionality that can be used by others.  Actually SOA is a 
big buzz - or at least it was a few months ago.

Kind regards

	robert

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