[sylpheed:31237] Re: Ack? What's this?

[Jeffrey Needle]

Pierre Etchemaïté wrote:
> Le Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:07:17 -0700, "Jeff Needle" <jeff.needle at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
>> Thanks.  I'll have to look into how to change all those locations.  In my 
>> mind, "portable" means that you can copy the app folder to a removable 
>> device, move it to another computer, and it will run with no reference to 
>> the hard drive.  This is pretty standard in today's nomenclature.
> 
> Too bad it collides with the meaning associated for over 25 years (and
> counting) with the term "software portability"...
> Don't be surprized if you confuse people :)
> 

Well, the word "portable" really has taken on the meaning I describe. 
You have websites like "portablefreeware" and others.  Portability is 
very big right now.

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