Re: free software

[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Software for K2
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Rairdin" <[hidden email]>

[chop]

I'm not a long-haired, dope-smoking, free-software
hippie so if I have to spend some money for good
software I don't mind. (As a professional programmer
I've never understood why the product of my hard work
should be free when I have to pay for the product of
everyone else's work.)

-
Would you send someone an invoice if you were to spend
an afternoon helping them put up antennas?

*** Sadly, too many would... ***

One of the great things about software is that it is
written once, installed a thousand times. As a
provider of free software I enjoy putting something
back into the hobby, goodness knows I took enough out
while starting off in 1973/1974.

*** Bravo Simon! Wish more felt the same, although
this reflector has an abundance of folks willing to
share professional and hobby experience free of
charge. ***

If Amateur Radio is to survive (which I am sure it
will) and move forward good software is essential,
just look at the SDR products. The cost of good
software is too much for a small hardware company, so
to get off the ground open source or at least freeware
is maybe the only option.

*** Many of the best Ham Radio programs I've tried
(and still use) are freeware and open source. N1MM is
an excellent example. The folks who work on it are
innovative, extremely responsive to bugs and
variations, and very friendly. ***

My two centimes anyway...

I am a sort-haired, dog-walking software engineer :-)

Simon Brown

*** Nice to have an image, but it wouldn't really
matter what you looked like or what your preferences
might be as long as you treated everyone with dignity
(which you seem to do quite nicely) and without
arrogance. ***

73,
Julius
n2wn
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