[Elecraft] Ham software

[Julian G4ILO]

On Nov 9, 2007 6:55 PM, Ian Stirling <g4icv at arrl.net> wrote:
> On Friday 09 November 2007 13:33:56 Julian G4ILO wrote:
>
> > But that doesn't invalidate the
> > principle that we should be more willing to pay for software.
>
> [snip]
>
> > I'm
> > writing my soon to be K3 control program in Lazarus, an open source
> > clone of Delphi.
>
>  Did you pay for Lazarus?

Not in monetary terms, though as it's an open source project I can
contribute in other ways. But you miss the point. Lazarus is a better
choice than professional development for amateur programmers for a
number of reasons it is not appropriate to go into here. The price tag
is almost immaterial (though it's unfortunately true that products
like Delphi now cost hundreds of dollars putting them beyond the reach
of a hobbyist.) If people had just said "try HRD, it's a great
program" I would not have seen anything to object to. But when people
recommend it, they always make a big deal out of it being free, like
that's the most important consideration.
-- 
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