On Nov 9, 2007 6:55 PM, Ian Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 November 2007 13:33:56 Julian G4ILO wrote: > > > But that doesn't invalidate the > > principle that we should be more willing to pay for software. > > [snip] > > > I'm > > writing my soon to be K3 control program in Lazarus, an open source > > clone of Delphi. > > Did you pay for Lazarus?
Not in monetary terms, though as it's an open source project I can contribute in other ways. But you miss the point. Lazarus is a better choice than professional development for amateur programmers for a number of reasons it is not appropriate to go into here. The price tag is almost immaterial (though it's unfortunately true that products like Delphi now cost hundreds of dollars putting them beyond the reach of a hobbyist.) If people had just said "try HRD, it's a great program" I would not have seen anything to object to. But when people recommend it, they always make a big deal out of it being free, like that's the most important consideration. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
