fisher@minster.UUCP (10/04/86)
Subject: Re: the (non)word "functionality" > What could I use instead (features? > functionalism???) in phrases like "a description of a system's > functionality", "this product has more functionality"? For "a description of the system's functionality" read "what the system does" For "this product has more functionality" read "this product works better" ---- Tony Fisher Dept. of Computer Science, The University of York, York YO1 5DD, U.K. Tel. +44 904 430000 ext. 5669 or 492 Janet: fisher@uk.ac.york.minster DARPA: fisher%uk.ac.york.minster@ucl-cs UUCP: fisher@minster.UUCP
psfales@ihlpl.UUCP (Peter Fales) (10/08/86)
> > What could I use instead (features? > > functionalism???) in phrases like "a description of a system's > > functionality", "this product has more functionality"? ........ > > For "this product has more functionality" read "this product works better" > This doesn't sound the same to me. To me, "this product has more functionality" seems to say "this product does more things for you" rather than "this product works better." Sometimes these may mean the same thing. (I like the word functionality.) Peter Fales ihnp4!ihlpl!psfales
steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) (10/08/86)
In article <528805870.7245@minster.UUCP>, fisher@minster.UUCP writes: > Subject: Re: the (non)word "functionality" > > > What could I use instead (features? > > functionalism???) in phrases like "a description of a system's > > functionality", "this product has more functionality"? > > For "this product has more functionality" read "this product works better" > How does it work better? Did you fix bugs or increase functionality? -- scc!steiny Don Steiny @ Don Steiny Software 109 Torrey Pine Terrace Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 (408) 425-0382
throopw@dg_rtp.UUCP (Wayne Throop) (10/10/86)
> fisher@minster.UUCP (Tony Fisher) >> ? >> What could I use instead [of functionality] ? > For "a description of the system's functionality" read "what the system does" No. Use "what the system can do". > For "this product has more functionality" read "this product works better" Again, no. Use "this product can do more". -- We may not always be right; but, by God, we're never wrong. --- General Wombat -- Wayne Throop <the-known-world>!mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!throopw