Hi John Please dont take it down! remember there are more of us who quietly
appreciate sites like yours. I once suggested to a query the answer was in
the help file and background by googling or using wikipedia, and was told it
was a lot easier and quicker to play dumb and ask.!!
I also suggest you do as some do and say "This is not a beginners project.
If you do not understand the requirements or have the construction skills,
please dont expect support for a freebie"
It prob wont stop it but it will give your a clearer conscience when you
decline to reply :-))
Alan
G3NYK
----- Original Message -----
From: "NeonJohn" <[email protected]>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:16 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] Releasing sources (was Re: Brooks Shera)
On 03/25/2013 09:36 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
One reason is that if one DOES release source, one will wind up
supporting it, because generally, we all nice people and helpful, and
it's hard to tell someone no when they send an email asking how to get
it to compile on Version N+3 when you used version N, etc. This can be
a real distraction from whatever else you are doing.
Boy, you can say that again. And open source hardware is even worse. A
couple of years ago I put up an open source induction heater on my site.
Everything included - schematics, board layouts, CAD files, theory of
operation, how to wind the transformer - in short, everything I could
think of. There's even a kit available from Fluxeon.com.
Yet I probably spend an hour a day responding to emails about that
project. Approximately 100% of the questions are either answered on my
site or by a little googling. It's getting to be enough of a burden
that I'm considering taking the page down.
I'm a dedicated supporter of Open Source but this experience has
tempered my enthusiasm a bit.
And then there's the folks who argue with you about your implementation
or coding style.
Or electrical design style. I think that the people who want to argue
design, especially "what if I did this?" type arguments are more
tiresome than the software know-it-alls.
People need to really think and do their Google homework before hitting
the email button on a project site.
John
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