[ScanIndiana] Indyscan.com

[Duane Mantick]

The downside to a single point of information is that
if THAT goes down or is inaccessible for any reason,
EVERYBODY is screwed.

Duane
WB9OMC
Lafayette, IN

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scanindiana-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scanindiana-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Rob Dale
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:33 PM
> To: 'Indiana Scanning'
> Subject: RE: [ScanIndiana] Indyscan.com
> 
> 
> > enjoy. If more hobbyists start closing down their sites and 
> > giving their information to radioreference.com, then the 
> > hobby is worse off for it, at least that is my humble opinion.
> 
> Why? I think the hobby is _much_ better with one source of info. 
> First off -
> you have one central location that you know is updated often. There are
> boatloads of scanner websites out there but 1) hard to find and 2) not
> always updated. The Tippecanoe Co info on IndyScan hadn't been 
> updated since
> 1999. RR.com updates all the time, and is not relying on one 
> webmaster to do
> so.
> 
> I guess I don't see how things are "worse" by having a centrally 
> located hub
> that all users can update as new info becomes available? I shut down my
> Mid-Michigan page last year and linked up to them and I haven't 
> noticed any
> suffering...
> 
>  - Rob
> 
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