[nkrisc]

Writing is a tool, a technology. Much like hammers or saws, which are also commodified. And even though anyone can go buy a saw, not everyone is a carpenter.

[mmooss]

> Writing is a tool, a technology.

Like paint, it can be used as a tool, to paint your house, or as a craft and artform, to paint the Rouen Cathedral.

[nkrisc]

Paint is a tool to deposit pigment on a substrate. The tool does not make the artist.

[pbiggar]

Exactly. and that's what development is becoming.

[andyferris]

I am not a carpenter; I use a saw at least once a month.