Portability Quotes

• Portability should be the default.

  Larry Wall

  Should, Default

  Usenet article <199711072201.OAA01123@wall.org>, 1997.

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• 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

  Dennis Ritchie

  Different, Machines, Unix

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• Portability is for people who cannot write new programs.

  Linus Torvalds

  Writing, People, Program

  Post to Comp.os.minix Newsgroup, groups.google.com. January 29, 1992.

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• We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics.

  David Milne

  Batteries, Electronics, Requirements

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• Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days.

  Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  Writing, Mind, Should

  Usenet message, February 03, 1992.

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• Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.

  Tom Peters

  Information, Should, Underestimated

  Source: www.researchgate.net

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• 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.

  Chip Kidd

  Inspirational, Motivational, Book

  "Chip Kidd Tells TED About The Essence Of Great Book Cover Design", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2012.

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• 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.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Important, Technique, Fancy

  "Information Management: A Proposal". www.w3.org. March 1989.

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• It looks simple to come up with a tablet that works, but it is not, ... In order to have the power and portability you need, you need power. The screen is the part of the device that uses the most power.

  Esther Dyson

  Simple, Order, Needs

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• Digital ink technology holds substantial promise in terms of legibility, portability, and power consumption, but I am less confident about the communication aspect.

  Tom Peters

  Communication, Technology, Promise

  Source: www.researchgate.net

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• ... All the drivers that started the replace-tape-with-disk movement in the first place - reliability, performance, portability and off-site data movement - are now liabilities in a disk only strategy.

  George Arthur Crump

  Data, Tape, Reliability

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• The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'

  Daniel Ek

  People, Want, Pay

  "Spotify founder: Future of music is access, not ownership" by Brandon Griggs, www.cnn.com. July 21, 2011.

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• While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.

  Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  Emotional, Issues, People

  Usenet message, February 03, 1992.

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• It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the readability, modifiability, and portability of its software.

  Dennis Ritchie

  Unix, Certain, Software

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