UNIX to Linux

Chapter 1. Porting Project Considerations

In this chapter

1.1	Software Application Business Process	page 2
1.2	The Porting Process	page 3
1.3	Defining Project Scope and Objectives	page 8
1.4	Estimating	page 10
1.5	Creating a Porting Project Schedule	page 16
1.6	Porting Process from a Business Perspective	page 17
1.7	Annotated Sample Technical Questionnaire	page 18
1.8	Summary	page 26

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Application porting refers to the process of taking a software application that runs on one operating system and hardware architecture, recompiling (making changes as necessary), and enabling it to run on another operating system and hardware architecture. In some cases, porting software from one platform to another may be as straightforward as recompiling and running ...