On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 17:23:02 -0400, John Check <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Saturday 01 June 2002 11:43 am, Michael Basler wrote: > > Dear developers, > > > > I received the June issue of FlightXPress, a German language > > (actually THE German language) language journal on Flight simulation > > (http://www.flightxpress.de/) ..<snip> > > To be fair, they refer to the project as being free, open-source, > > multi platform and sketch the way development is done. > > > > Their summary: FlightGear is for a minority of technically advanced > > simmers who are prepared to go into programming only, but not for > > the normal simmer. ..a geek sim. Ok. Does the magazine ever mention http://eaa.org/ type planes? Geek fliers build their planes. ;-) ..how about flight dynamics in the review? > > Please: So far this was only a quotation. Don't beat me for it! > > > > To add my personal impression as a user: First, I thought it was a ..this is Micaels opinion, or the magazine review guy talking german and translated into english by Michael? > > bit unfair to compare a project run by a handful of enthusiasts to a > > commercial package produced my several dozens of paid full-time > > programmers with the backing of a company like MS and their > > ressources. However, I recall a time when FlightGear was in some > > respect quite close to the then recent MSFS(and in some respect even > > better than it). I think this was around 4 years ago. It's a matter > > of fact, that MS has created a real hit with FS2002 on the one hand > > side while we might have lost some momentum. > > > > This said, we might perhaps be better off re-thinking a few > > prorities than just spitting on the guy who wrote this. ..I'm curious; this magazine reviews other sims flight dynamics, did they miss all our FDM's? > > Okay, now you can beat me. ..how about getting the text available? German is ok. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
