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Re:Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project managem... by jagged-chisel on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:00PM (#36049139)
“… is a … software”

Should either be

“… is a … application”

Or

“… is … software”

edit: Maybe I’m just in-a-mood today. Apologies.

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Re:Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project managem... by iskela on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @04:24PM (#36050370)
Is it an application?
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Re:Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project managem... by meepmorp on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @05:12PM (#36050923)
Is it a software?
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Re:Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project managem... by vxNsr on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @05:22PM (#36051008)
Isn’t it? I would call it a web app.
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Re:Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project managem... by taskforcegemini on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @02:13AM (#36054677)
yes. calling it "a application" is imho a lot worse than using "a software"
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Re:Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project managem... by bdsa on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @06:45AM (#36056191)
I'm pretty sure the ellipsis replaces another word... "a productivity application" or whatever
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Re:Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project managem... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @05:38PM (#36051167)
People in my current industry (healthcare/biotech) often use the terminology "a software" and "these softwares." It irked me at first but eventually I got used to it.

I think it's because every piece of validated software that our company uses, however small, is assigned a unique number (e.g. "SW12345"). They're not all full-blown applications, so we can't call them that. Sometimes they're tiny programs or even just scripts.

Anyway, it's possible the person that wrote this has a background in a similar industry.

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