Folks, I would appreciate if we can say on the topic. Specifically, I consider this rhetorical discussion on the meaning of the word “portable” neither useful to the subscribers of this list nor productive.
Thanks, -- Ondřej Surý — ISC (He/Him) My working hours and your working hours may be different. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside your normal working hours. > On 5. 6. 2021, at 18:38, Paul Kosinski via bind-users > <bind-users@lists.isc.org> wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 13:58:40 -0700 > Gregory Sloop <gr...@sloop.net> wrote: > >> This feels a lot like responding to trolls, but I'll instead assume that >> you're asking (or making a point) in good faith. >> >> So, we'll stipulate that - you're actually interested in truth and knowledge. >> >> So, it's easily compiled on Mac, Unix, FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS, RaspPi, etc. >> And it compiles on a huge range of hardware, CPU's etc. >> >> I'd consider that highly portable. > > > I'd consider it moderately portable. > > Among Open Source software, I'd consider the following highly portable: > Firefox, Chromium, LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Claws-Mail, Scribus, Inkscape, > Gimp, Krita, VLC, QT(!) and who knows how many others that run on Unix-like > systems *and* on Windows. > > And among closed source software, Chrome is obviously highly portable (by > Google), and Acrobat Reader and Flash (RIP) are highly portable (by Adobe). > > P.S. I am not a fan of Windows, but it is widespread, and many people even > use it for Internet servers. > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
