[Ham-Mac] What I don't like?

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:30:48 -0400

Hi Sergei,

On Apr 12, 2004, at 10:34 AM, Sergei Ludanov wrote:

> It is easy to complain about limited availability of ham radio 
> software for Mac platform, but this is a reality that we'll have to 
> face at least for now. There is a huge difference between PC ham world 
> and Mac one. PC is big enough, that competition is actually works to 
> it's advantage.

I think that this is a very good point Sergei and I want to thank you 
for bringing it up.

Instead of killing off the developers we already have - why not develop 
new areas ?
There are many application areas that have absolutely nothing available 
for the Mac.

This is the reason that my latest project was MacMemoriesManager - 
there wasn't anything available to do this job.

Steve Muncy started a fantastic forum on his MHR site called "Software 
I'd Like to See Developed" several months ago:

<http://www.machamradio.com/cgi-bin/simpleforum.cgi?fid=04>

This is a great opportunity to speak to the existing developers - and 
encourage new ones - to develop applications for areas that need it.

How can anyone complain that there is not enough software for the Mac 
Ham when this forum has a grand total of 13 posts to ONE topic ?

That one topic is - "a way to program my radios from my Mac" - 2 months 
later that product ships - so I think it's fair to say that we are 
listening !

MultiMode isn't perfect, neither is MacDopplerPRO X, MacLoggerDX or 
MacMemoriesManager - but Chris and I are trying to make them better 
every day - and we can't do that without the user community's support.

73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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