1.   Borland, on the other hand, says software commands, while expressed in written code, are essentially tools.

2.   But the software command to fire the main engine, which would have triggered the final launch sequence, never reached the rocket, Boeing said.

3.   Granting a copyright for software commands, Borland says, would be like giving one company exclusive rights to the QWERTY arrangement on a typewriter keyboard.

4.   Lotus argues that software commands represent the part of a program that communicates with the computer user.

5.   True innovations in software commands may be eligible for a patent, but should not get copyright protection, Borland argues.

6.   You can turn the computer off with a software command from Windows, a feature initially found on the Macintosh.