"uMonitor can be done on the PC, palm pilot, two-way pager or wireless simultaneously.
'We are device agnostic and account agnostic,' Bolen says."
—"uMonitor.com to unveil wireless software at bankers conference," Memphis Business Journal, September 8, 2000
The use of
agnostic here comes from the
noncommital sense of the word. Business types, especially those with some sort of connection to the IT department, seem to love it:
"What we really provide is a device-agnostic, protocol-agnostic and carrier-agnostic access to any wireless device."
—Antony Bruno, "Datalink.net shifts focus to business market," RCR Radio Communications Report, January 31, 2000
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Device-agnostic seems to be about five years old:
"The most likely solution for any large-scale program, however, is a device-agnostic approach, allowing for a flexibility among user interfaces that could meet the demands of the broadest possible audience."
—Thomas Maresca, "Electric Companies to Jolt Industry," Interactive Home, February 1, 1996
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