> Yes, Facebook is a company. But Facebook is also the name of the product that is offered by this company.
So your plan is to refuse to draw a distinction between the company and a tool used by that company?
> It's certainly possible to have a company without a a product, but it certainly won't be a terribly successful company.
That's a different topic. We're discussing whether Facebook is a company or a software application. It's a company that uses applications -- software -- to accomplish its purposes.
> My point was just because something is built on top of a technology does not mean it's not a technology itself.
So, by your argument, Ford Motor Company is actually a car, not a company that builds cars? Corporations and technologies are distinct and operate by different rules.
> If you follow that all the way back, you find yourself defining the universe.
No, actually, if you follow that all the way back, you find yourself defining the universe in an absurd way. Companies and software applications aren't the same thing -- unless you think a chestnut horse is the same as a horse chestnut. And why not? They're described using the same words.
