[Ham-Mac] ARRL Web Survey on Operating Systems

[Brian Short]

In my opinion, the ARRL "for fun" survey is extremely short sighted.

It is based on a single exclusive response and I just bet that others
are in my same situation.

In *MY* shack, I have a 500MHz PowerMac G4 on the left of the
operating table.  It is running OS X, naturally.

On the right, I have a WinTel machine that dual boots Win2000
and RH Linux 7.

Turning around, I have an older machine still running Win98.

When I contest in the desert, I take an old laptop running DOS.
I have several (literally) old laptops in the 386 and mostly 486
class and some have Win3.1, I think 1 has Win95, some just DOS.

The selection they allow is mutually exclusive, dichotomous, etc.

YOU tell ME... What operating system do I use?

On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 12:04 PM, Richard Kriss wrote:
> Many expressed concern that the ARRL was discriminating against 
> Macintosh
> users.  This is one opportunity for you to express to be represented.
> Please vote and you do not have to be an ARRL member to vote.
>
> Go to http://www.arrl.org/ and check out the survey in the lower right 
> side
> ==============
> What operating system is running on your station computer?
>
> Windows XP
> Windows 98
> Windows 95
> Windows 2000
> Windows NT
> Mac OS
> Linux
> Other
> I don't have a station computer
> ===============
>
> The last time this question surfaced the Mac community DID  NOT really
> respond. Please pass the word and vote for Mac OS....even if you still 
> run
> System 6 on a Mac Plus
>
> I just cast the 8th vote for Mac. Surely we can do better.  How about
> drumming up some Mac support and stuff the ballot box. Maybe the ARRL 
> LoTW
> guys will listen this time.
>
> 73 de Dick, AA5VU
> aa5vu@arrl.net
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