On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 3/10/99, 0606 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>
> Karl,
> While we are on the topic of proprietary software, remember the big flap in
> the 80's with a company called SOFTWARE-2000, and their proprietary network
> node firmware called NETROM (C) ? When Nord><Link came along and wrote
> something with all of the atrributes of NETROM, but better, Software-2000
> screamed bloody murder.
>
> It was never proven that Nord><Link ripped them off. There was no way to prove
> it....... I was so happy to see the first public release of TheNet, v1.0, by
> Nord><Link.... I feel that I was ripped off by the software company from
> which I purchased several eproms containing their proprietary NETROM code. It
> was overpriced, and never worked well. I have been a staunch user of TheNet
Oh wrong oh big guy. I'm a friend of wa8ded and talk to him every day. A
comparison of netrom and the original thenet shows a byte for byte rip
off. The nos dirivitives at least took the protocol and wrote legal code.
In your opinion the code was overpriced however the fact is netrom worked
as well as can be expected for what it was meant to do considering the
state of the art at that time. Further development was stopped not because
Sofware 2000 was out of business which it was not but because of
intellectual theft. The fact that is there are still many netrom nodes
running today. Actually a sad state of affairs for packet radio in the US.
The fact is ALL NODE SOFTWARE SUCKS!
running all GPL code
Bob - wd6dod
