At the risk of prolonging the off-topic discussion about free software, but with the hope of shortening it, I wanted to pass along that I emailed Simon privately to explain that my comments were not a condemnation of those who develop free software but rather those who demand that all software be free. I was saying that I'm not one of those people who demands that all software be free, so everyone should feel free to recommend commercial products if they're good.
A few people misinterpreted my clearly stated remarks as being anti-Simon and told me so in some tersely worded emails. I've set them straight privately so as not to waste any bandwidth on an off-topic discussion. I'm just making this one reply to clarify the issue for anyone who might have also misinterpreted my comments but hadn't yet flamed me. :-) Craig NZ0R On 8/23/05, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Rairdin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [chop] > > I'm not a long-haired, dope-smoking, free-software hippie so if I have to > spend some money for good software I don't mind. (As a professional > programmer I've never understood why the product of my hard work should be > free when I have to pay for the product of everyone else's work.) > > - > Would you send someone an invoice if you were to spend an afternoon helping > them put up antennas? > > One of the great things about software is that it is written once, installed > a thousand times. As a provider of free software I enjoy putting something > back into the hobby, goodness knows I took enough out while starting off in > 1973/1974. > > If Amateur Radio is to survive (which I am sure it will) and move forward > good software is essential, just look at the SDR products. The cost of good > software is too much for a small hardware company, so to get off the ground > open source or at least freeware is maybe the only option. > > My two centimes anyway... > > I am a sort-haired, dog-walking software engineer :-) > > Simon Brown > --- > www.hb9drv.ch www.laax.ch > > RSGB HF Convention: Friday 7th - Sunday 9th October 2005 > Holidays: Monday 10th - Thursday 20th October 2005 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
