Portability is for people who cannot write new programs.

— Linus Torvalds, Post to comp.os.minix newsgroup (1992)

Source: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1992Jan29.231426.20469%40klaava.Helsinki.FI

Posted to comp.os.minix in 1992; Torvalds later called it tongue in cheek.

Topics: programming