[EIDXA] Windows 10

[Jim Spencer]

Joe,

In olden times, Microsoft seemed to have the barn doors wide open compared 
to Apple.  You could work on your own hardware and install any program with 
the PC.  When I was younger and less wise, I thought that was great.  Now 
the idea that everything you install will actually work and has been tested 
to prove it is almost worth the price.  I remember going to a Joint Computer 
Conference in the 70s way back when Apple was showing their first computer. 
It was strange looking but they had a hell of a booth.  I just followed the 
path of least resistance and never tried to figure out which was best. 
Collins made a big study of it and determine the PC was the future and I 
believe that is still true for them.  I wasn't going to learn two systems. 
I've wondered about that decision more than once.  Then I look at the 
available ham software and genealogy software and the MAC is behind.  That 
doesn't mean I couldn't get by and learn something new but so far I haven't.

73,  Jim  WØSR

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joe Hetrick
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 6:28 PM
To: Lew Gordon
Cc: Jim Spencer ; eidxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Windows 10

Linux and Wine!  Though, Wine doesn't run everything.

About 2 years ago I switched to CQRlog and linux entirely in the shack. 
Prior to that I ran Linux, but, ran a Windows Virtual Machine for most 
ham-apps.  Most of the lightweight apps will run in Wine, but, the Win 
Loggers don't play so well, generally.

CQRLog is nice, there are a few annoyances, but, it's as solid as the 
Windows based loggers I used before and it's much easier for me to write 
code to troll my log for information.

Redmondware was never freedom!  It was always shackles!  The shackles from 
Cuppertino are just fur lined and fashion forward.

VKN

On 11 Jul 18:15, Lew Gordon wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> My first Windows O/S was version 2.xx which operated under MS-DOS.
> Then came 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, and everything else to Win 10 which I 
> currently
> use on my desktop.  (I kept Win 7 on my notebook.) Like you I bought an
> Apple iPad about 6 years ago and recently upgraded to the Pro.
>
> As a retired systems engineer I purchased many DOS based engineering
> programs over the years.  I also wrote a number of antenna design programs
> Yagimax, Taper, and utility programs none of which operate under Windows.
> Now the only way I can use any of my old programs is to fire up an old
> 486 DOS machine in the cellar with a 50 MB hard drive, 50 MHz processor,
> and wait several minutes for the result!  That is if it still works!
>
> Perhaps I should have gone the Apple route about 30 years ago!
>
> Lew Gordon, K4VX
>
> > On Jul 10, 2016, at 7:13 PM, Jim Spencer <Jim at SpencerHills.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > Years ago some of us thought freedom in our computer choices was the 
> > most important thing and we hitched our wagons to this little outfit up 
> > in Washington called Microsoft.  Over the years I've questioned the 
> > wisdom of that decision many times but I've never been willing to make 
> > the leap except for buying an iPad a few years ago.  Windows probably 
> > should have been called "walls" or "gates" because the early freedom was 
> > mostly illusion!
> >
> > Now, be smug!
> >
> > 73,  Jim
>
>
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