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

[Steven Palm]

On Apr 13, 2004, at 4:02 PM, Don Agro wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2004, at 3:29 PM, Steven Palm wrote:
>> 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. ;-)
>
> I suppose Yaesu and Kenwood should give their radios away too ?
> (I would be quite happy if they did - but I wouldn't hold my breath)

  There is quite a difference there, Apples and Oranges in my opinion, 
but whatever.

> Why is it OK for you to charge money for your hard work - but not OK 
> for me to charge money for my hard work ? Sounds pretty hypocritical 
> to me :)

  Did you not read the part where I said that I wasn't saying anyone was 
doing anything wrong, and I wasn't pointing fingers or blame? And I'm 
not charging any money for my hard work on any Ham software. In fact, 
my meager offering pales in comparison to EchoLink itself which is also 
free, but magnitudes more useful and powerful. Oh well, and so it goes. 
I also look at software like MMSSTV on the Windows platform which is 
free and everything I'd ever care to have in a SSTV package.

  This isn't just targetted at Ham software authors, I have the same 
sort of "beef" in another area that means a lot to me, and that's a 
bigger powder-keg of religion. I have real issues with people and 
companies that "market" stuff toward a particular religious segment, 
sometimes charging higher amounts of money for something that has a 
slight "flavor" for the particular religion. But This is really going 
off topic now, so I won't strike the gong any more.

It's a personal viewpoint and opinion, shared by some but not all, 
maybe not even many, but there you go, such is the nature of a personal 
opinion. ;-) And I'm not putting anyone in the cross-hairs for not 
agreeing with it.

  Oh well, I'll leave this alone now, I probably already stirred 
something more than I should have. Sorry if anyone was offended.

  Best,

  Steve