Quotes About Portability

#1. 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

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

David Milne

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. Portability is for people who cannot write new programs

Linus Torvalds

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. Portability should be the default.

Larry Wall

#9. 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

#10. 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

#11. Portability is for canoes.

Jim McCarthy

#12. You start to accumulate your library of music. You want that music everywhere - that's the point where we monetize. If you want portability, mobility, and access, then you buy it.

Sean Parker

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

Dennis Ritchie

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

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

#15. I want to be as famous as midnight. As powerful as a gun. As loved as a pizza.

Macy Gray

#16. VW grows with the challenges. We continue to do, even when times are tough.

Martin Winterkorn

#17. I've figured out what to do with my hands ... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.

Taylor Hanson

#18. A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.

William Arthur Ward

#19. Those who serve others will be served.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#20. He'd chosen his weapon well: only the truth, untempered by kindness.

Maggie Stiefvater

#21. I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.

Allen Iverson

#22. I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd.

Diane Abbott

#23. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 NLT

Dianne Neal Matthews