[Ham-Mac] RE: LOTW

Tue, 20 May 2003 16:59:20 +1000 (EST)

On Mon, 19 May 2003 [email protected] wrote:

> There Jon goes again, FREE, FREE, FREE.  Im sure as hell not going to port 
> their code to the Mac platform for FREE.

Why not?  It's not going to bother the ARRL if the Mac is useless as a HAM
platform.  It's not like they are going to take the free work and sell it
for a profit.  Think of doing the port as Macintosh advocacy.  It will be
one more reason for hams to stick with the Mac rather than more to the
alternatives.

> In a message dated 5/19/2003 8:15:49 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> [email protected] writes:

> > - K1STO and Jon Bloom - KE3Z had a response in my email box

> > The source code for the software will be made available soon,
> > and my hope is that some Mac developer will step forward to do a
> > port to the Mac. It should be relatively easy for someone who is
> > equipped and experienced in Mac development, which I am not.

If the port is reasonably easy then they have done the majority of the
work on it.  I don't care if they were paid to do the work, as long as
their work is something I can build upon.  I would be annoyed if it was
closed source like IRLP or proprietary like APRS and ARRL funds were spent
on it.  (Mind you I'm Australian and not an ARRL member. :)

Lets wait and see how hard the port is before throwing stones.

Carl.