John Becker wrote: > At 02:03 PM 1/21/2007, you wrote in part: > >> There was no good reason to distort the tests by >> inserting the specialized hardware, I believe that >> Pactor I will run on a sound card, only Pactor II >> and III are dependent on rare proprietary hardware >> with rare proprietary software run under a proprietary >> OS. > > > I'm a bit confused here. Are you saying that you need some > special OS to run pactor 2 & 3 ?
Yes, you need one of the proprietary MS versions of windows. Windows is *not* the only OS out there -- millions of people use Apple or Linux. When, not if, the proprietary MS windows OS goes down and you find yourself in a non-MS windows environment the proprietary Pactor II & III systems will be useless. (Unless I have been misinformed and Pactor II & III also run under Apple and Linux.) Not to mention when the proprietary Pactor II or III software fails or the matching proprietary hardware fails. Two rare and one sometimes unavailable and often compromised (MS windows) variables in order to make any use whatsoever of Pactor II or III. Talk about planning to fail! Reliable systems for distributed and unpredictable environments are not designed with rare hardware and software but with the capacity to get the job done with whatever is on hand -- The MacGuyver Principle. IMHO, YMMV ... -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Projects: http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com Personal: http://bibleseven.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
