[Ham-Mac] Mac Contester

[K6LMP]

This appears to be a perfect instance where open source is The Way To 
Go.  Given the probable size of the market, it's unlikely any single 
developer would be willing to take it on.  There might be an 
opportunity for a developer to springboard from the open source into a 
profitable venture by providing add-on benefits such as a pre-compiled 
version, a la Red Hat Linux.

I am not a programmer, and not (yet) a contester, but I would be 
willing to participate in such a project in any way that might be 
helpful (e.g. writing or editing the manual, since i am a professional 
writer and ex-journalist).


On Jan 29, 2005, at 10:16 AM, N1OFZ wrote:

> [snip]
> Finally I'd love to see an open source project for this application.  
> If there was enough interest and people willing to participate we 
> could all develop a killer application.  Even if you don't know how to 
> program you can participate in specs, screen design/usability, testing 
> and other stuff.  We would just need a core of a few talented 
> programmers.  I don't mind paying for a commercial application but it 
> really needs to do the job well and the developer needs to be very 
> responsive to bug/feature requests.  They also need to make the 
> application relatively easy to customize for each individuals 
> operating style.
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth,
> Dana
> N1OFZ
>
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Lew Phelps
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