- for one, i doubt he'd care... he's too busy directing his minions to
spread more misery across the planet, while all the time promising
everlasting pleasure when using his products...

- btw, the original bonehead echolink cheerleader has been cross-posting
all over rec.radio* about echolink using a hotmail.com email
address ... which makes echolink even more suspect in my view...

- registration with a callsign and email address just to be able to use
the system? nope, i don't think so...

- proprietary, Windows-based software? nope, i don't think so...

- no way to access the source code to see what's underneath the client?
nope, i don't think so...

- echolink is a novel concept, but one that appears (IMHO) fraught with
danger for abuse... but then again, so are other modes in ham radio...

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:43:04 GMT, Gene Storey wrote:
Tell it to Bill Gates.

wrote

- until you release a Linux client i will *NEVER* use Echolink

- release the source code and you'll have more users, otherwise
echolink remains a 'closed system'

You wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. Go get a copy of
Speak Freely, and you'll have 80% of echolink software.

http://www.speakfreely.org/

If you need source code for all of your software before you think
you can safely run it, then get linux.

wrote

- no way to access the source code to see what's underneath the client?
nope, i don't think so...

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:38:40 GMT, Gene Storey wrote:
You wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. Go get a copy of
Speak Freely, and you'll have 80% of echolink software.

http://www.speakfreely.org/


- thanks for the pointer, but speakfreely is only for Satan's software

If you need source code for all of your software before you think
you can safely run it, then get linux.

- ???? that was the point, and yes, having the source code for all
my software *is* important... i will not be held hostage by
orphaned versions, forced upgrades, hobbled 'crippleware'
or other such nonsense... i want to know what's going on...

- and yes, even though i don't use the monopoly's software i can still
'safely' run it inside a VMware session...

- perhaps wine emulation would work?

wrote

- no way to access the source code to see what's underneath the client?
nope, i don't think so...

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:38:40 GMT, Gene Storey wrote:
You wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. Go get a copy of
Speak Freely, and you'll have 80% of echolink software.

http://www.speakfreely.org/


- thanks for the pointer, but speakfreely is only for Satan's software

If you need source code for all of your software before you think
you can safely run it, then get linux.

- ???? that was the point, and yes, having the source code for all
my software *is* important... i will not be held hostage by
orphaned versions, forced upgrades, hobbled 'crippleware'
or other such nonsense... i want to know what's going on...

- and yes, even though i don't use the monopoly's software i can still
'safely' run it inside a VMware session...

- perhaps wine emulation would work?

wrote

- no way to access the source code to see what's underneath the client?
nope, i don't think so...

You wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. Go get a copy of
Speak Freely, and you'll have 80% of echolink software.

http://www.speakfreely.org/

If you need source code for all of your software before you think
you can safely run it, then get linux.

wrote

- no way to access the source code to see what's underneath the client?
nope, i don't think so...