[Ham-Mac] ARRL web server

[Sergei Ludanov]

Chuck,
The only browser I use is OmniWeb on OS X. I have no problems with ARRL 
web site. I have to admit that I had problem with some other web sites, 
but not ARRL.

73 de Sergei, KD6CJI

On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 04:13 , Chuck Counselman wrote:

> I hope that you, my fellow ham-mac subscribers, will contact your ARRL 
> Directors about this, too.  Tnx es and 73 de Chuck, W1HIS
>
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>
>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:23:10 -0500
>> To: k1ki@arrl.org, k1twf@arrl.org
>> From: Chuck Counselman <ccc@space.mit.edu>
>> Subject: ARRL web server
>> Cc: n3efn@arrl.org, n3llr@arrl.org, w9gig@arrl.org, k9km@arrl.org, k0qb@
>> arrl.org, n0jph@arrl.org, k5ur@arrl.org, wd4q@arrl.org, wb8bgy@arrl.org,
>>  ki4la@arrl.org, n2ff@arrl.org, w2ml@arrl.org, w0ej@arrl.org, k0bj@arrl.
>> org, w6cf@arrl.org, w6rgg@arrl.org, w4pwf@arrl.org, k4nk@arrl.org, w0cp@
>> arrl.org, ws7w@arrl.org, w4rh@arrl.org, w4ru@arrl.org, w6xd@arrl.org, 
>> nz6t@arrl.org, n5ok@arrl.org, k5rav@arrl.org, webmaster@arrl.org
>> Bcc:
>> X-Attachments:
>>
>> Why bother you, my ARRL Directors, about the ARRL web server? Because I 
>> raise a political, policy issue, which as such is properly considered 
>> and decided by the ARRL Board of Directors; and because I've raised the 
>> immediate, technical, problem twice with ARRL staff, who IMO do not 
>> appreciate the policy issue.
>>
>> The immediate, technical, problem is that the ARRL website does not work 
>> properly with Netscape's (and possibly other non-Microsoft) web browser(
>> s).  It works with Microsoft's web browser, and the ARRL webmaster says 
>> that this is enough.  He says, reasonably enough, that it's impractical 
>> to make the website compatible with every possible browser, because 
>> there are so many.
>>
>> But the effect of his decision is to support the illegal (Federal courts 
>> have ruled) monopolistic, anti-competitive practices of Microsoft.  As 
>> you know, the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and several other 
>> states are fighting to reign in this behavior.
>>
>> A diverse and free market in software is in the interest of ham radio, 
>> more so every day as digital hardware and software permeate our hobby.  
>> The ARRL should be promoting, not suppressing, alternatives to 
>> Microsoft-monopoly software.
>>
>> The ARRL website should be, and could be, compatible with Unix, Linux, 
>> and Mac operating systems and applications -- not just Microsoft-monopoly 
>> software.  In fact, nearly all of the major, national, websites _are_ so 
>> compatible.
>>
>> Thank you and 73 de Chuck, W1HIS
>
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