Hardware Platform Dependencies

Hardware Platform Dependencies

Even when the current business case justifies an unbundled software project only for one platform, we normally expect those projects to be "portable". For example, long-lasting data should be stored in machine-independent formats. Inter-machine data exchanges should not only be machine-independent (e.g., XDR), but supportable on non-OpenSolaris environments (e.g., Windows). It is then easy to support additional platforms when justified. Make only explicit assumptions about any minimal hardware configuration (for correct behavior or tolerable performance).