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Date: Tue,  2 Oct 2007 08:35:54 +0000
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: X Window System
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erik quanstrom wrote:
> portablity is for people cannot [sic] write new programs.
>         - linus torvalds (people.fluidsignal.com/~luferbu/misc/Linus_vs_Tanenbaum.html)

No, portability is to avoid having to reinvent every single wheel.