[Yaesu] java or linux tool for VX-5R clone file

[Daniel Seagraves]

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, kd4e wrote:

> FireFox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey, OpenOffice, and
> many other apps started in Linux and were ported
> to the MS version of windows and to Apple.

Yes, and they were portable by design, rather than running under yet
another layer of indirection. Portability by indirection (Virtual
machines, bytecode interpreters, etc) is a waste of everyone's time and a
crutch. Just because a plethora of java-based mailreaders exist does not
mean I plan to abandon pine anytime soon.

> There are many many apps that work across platform,
> we should support that vs proprietary apps.

How about you use whatever solves your problem rather than trying to
attach religious significance to it? (This applies to radio gear as well!)
The last time I checked, the GPL did not include a pledge of allegiance to
the OSF. I have a Mac, a PC, a VAX in the other room running BSD, a
PDP-10, a Linux TV in the living room, and a large multi-site multi-system
network at the office composed of Linux and Windows 2003 servers. I've
used systems from AIX to Z/OS, and each one does its own job in its own
way. Just because I like one does not mean I must dislike all others. None
of them is the "best operating system". Each is picked according to its
task and expected workload. Trying to compare them to the other on an
equal footing would be a waste of time because said equal footing doesn't
exist.

Also, resorting to namecalling both destroys your own argument and makes
you look like a fool. Don't do that, even if the other person does. If
politicians were to take this advice election campaigns wouldn't be an
international embarassment.