Portability Quotes
Portability Quote of the day
C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new
Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness - a little bit of humanity.
The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'
We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics.
Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days.
It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the readability, modifiability, and portability of its software.
While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.
We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.
Digital ink technology holds substantial promise in terms of legibility, portability, and power consumption, but I am less confident about the communication aspect.
