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

[Steven Palm]

On Apr 12, 2004, at 11:30 AM, Don Agro wrote:
> 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.

  I would respectfully disagree on that point Don, but then again, I 
don't have anything to loose by someone writing an app competing with 
anything I've done and that has to influence your position on the 
issue.

  Personally, I'm in favor of freeware, plain and simple. Especially for 
a hobby market like Ham radio. I'd love to see people who are earning a 
living elsewhere (or writing non-Ham programs) use some free time to 
build better Ham software for free, after all, it's a hobby. ;-)

  Now, if you choose to try to make a go of a full time income off of 
just Amateur Radio software, more power to you, and I wish you the best 
of luck, but at the same time I'd still be looking (myself) for free 
versions of any software to do what you need to do, at least with basic 
competency. If you need a high-end Pro app, then you might be willing 
to pony up some serious bucks, but for something I'd use a few times a 
month at most I'm not up to paying a huge chunk of change.

  And yes, I'm thankful for the work done by Don, Chris and others. 
Salute! I just wish there was more freeware such as that which exists 
on the Windows platform. Owning a Mac shouldn't mean having to pay more 
at every turn in the road just to play, you'll not grow your user base 
that way.

  Anyway, this has gotten off topic, and I better shut up before I hurt 
someone's feelings, because I wish no animosity to anyone and am not 
trying to tell anyone that what they are doing is wrong, because it's 
not. But I can dream of a world full of free Mac Ham software, can't I 
? :-)