On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Susannah Rosenberg wrote:
> not to open up another can of worms, but what would you consider
> developing a new OS to be -- MIS or CS? I'm not talking re-engineering
> the Unix kernel (<grin>), I mean designing a new OS architechture from
> scratch -- sort of like the folks at Bell tried to do with Plan 9.
I consider kernel engineering to be a part of computer engineering
(because of the interaction with the hardware). Though parts could be CS
rathern than CE.
AI is definitely CS, but any math-intensive or algorithm-intensive
programming could be CS.
Most business database apps are MIS.
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