Talk:Why software is different

This page has serious quality problems

There is so much text and so much stuff of dubious relevance, I couldn't find where I should add my new idea.

I couldn't see if there is already a section that discusses that idea. The headings are unclear, the content of the sections is vague, there's stuff that's ontopic for the wiki but should be on another page...

I'll have to come back and do a top-down review of this to merge the duplicate stuff and remove the stuff that should be (and already is, I think) on other parts of this wiki. Ciaran 10:16, 25 November 2010 (EST)

I rewrote the "Abstraction" section (with the "rewrite" box) as 3 sections without any "rewrite" comment.

The discussion left under "Abstraction" is unclear to me. Are there examples that can help clarify this? How does it differ from say copyright infringement or patent infringement of a car?

"Complexity abstraction" covers a form of abstracting that is a part of the patent process and is very troublesome for software.

"Intangible" places software in the category of many things that have not been ordinarily accepted as patentable. I listed properties that help highlight how these differ from the tangibles. Jose X 02:15, 4 December 2010 (EST)

Edit problem

Looking at the diff and history, it appears my edit removed a bunch of things on this page. I had no intention to do that if in fact it was me. This comment should be removed and the top portion that was removed during my prior edit should be added back.. I will do this if there is no objection [I'm also thinking that maybe diffs were combined or something.. honestly I have no idea what happened.]Jose X 18:28, 4 December 2010 (EST)