On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 07:38 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Hendrik Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Am Samstag, 20. Mai 2006 12:01 schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen: > > >> So I would say less than 20% of the free software is platform > >> independent, based on personal problems. > > > And the other authors cannot test on such system anyway as they often > > need specific hardware or the OS/compiler cannot be tested without extra > > costs. Often, ports to such systems are done without feedback to the > > original author. > > Yes. There is no (non-trivial) portable software, only software that has > been ported.
yes. been ported or possible to port with minimal efforts. -- Erast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
