On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:49:31 GMT, charlesb wrote:

"Gene Storey" wrote in message
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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'

Hey, if it's just closed to whining Linux dweebs, what's the problem?
Thousands of hams think it's a great deal. I haven't seen any evidence that
the Linux folks are missed.... Not at all!

- hee! hee! of course, that's one of the best things about Linux sometimes


;-) Just yanking your chain. It's written for "Winders" because that's
what over 90% of all hams use. The guy could have written it for Linux too,
but then he'd feel obligated to write it for the C-64, the Amiga, the Mac,
and all the other third-weenie stuff. If you do it for one odball system,
they expect you to do it for them all, so the author drew the line at
"Winders".

- ah! but here's the point: if it were open source, the 'guy' wouldn't
have to write it for those other platforms - and the app would be
better, more secure, etc.

- but hey, i recognize that a proprietary software product is just that -
proprietary... i do have to credit the source for making it free...

- i'll just wait for the open-source version... i doubt the protocols
are intellectual property...

Charles Brabham, N5PVL