On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:35:40 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >On 18 March 2010 11:03, Angel-Luis Dominguez wrote: > >> I im thinkg in the possibility to build XMIT MANAGER as a portable >> application, >> more or less in the form of applications in http://portableapps.com/ > >I think this use of "portable" is quite different from the usual one, >and potentially confusing. I believe they are using portable to refer >to the ease of carrying around your apps on a USB stick, but portable >is usually used to mean that the source code is easily ported to >another platform, or is inherently multi-platform (e.g. Java or REXX). > >Both may be good things, but they should not be confused. > If it's in Java on a USB stick, it might fit both definitions.
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