Den 04-04-2012 02:03, Paula Keezer skrev:
Peter, I'm not sure what you meant by "things have
changed since y2k" Perhaps you can clarify that for me.
CQRlog was one of the several linux logging packages that I
tried. (I had over 500 hours into it before I moved on) I
didn't call it or any other one out, because I didn't wish
to offend anyone.
One of the things is exactly that, an up-to-date version of CQRlog
arrived, concepted and developed by Petr (OK1CQR) and Martin
(OK1RR), it is very well maintained, and they are very responsive to
requests for new features. Prior to switching I had used VQlog
(Gabriel, EA6VQ) for Windoze for more than 10 years, and apart from
a few VHF and up specific features, there's not a thing that I miss
- believe you me, it was a difficult decision, but one I have not
regretted. I think you owe yourself a visit, at least, to the CQRlog
homepage. Ultimately it (and the update process for my Orion 2) were
the last programs I still used Windoze for, and it really was time
to switch logging to my main (Ubuntu) machine.
My general observation, that there are more ham radio
eyeballs in the windoz world is irrefutable. That has not
changed since Y2K. And where there are eyeballs there are
developers. For Linux logging development to compete with
the overwhelming number of windoz ham radio ops and
developers, 21st century technologies that make it easy for
anyone who can program to participate in development must be
leveraged.
Agreed, but what is a plus for Linux is the Open Source philosophy
and spirit of cooperation, which is indeed a rare thing in the
Windoze world, so I believe it's an even race, or even a Linux
advantage here.
What has changed since y2k (and decades earlier) are
the development platforms available. We no longer need to
work in Pascal, relational databases or development and
deployment platforms that require close synchronization with
code bases and years of experience when we have resilient,
web based technologies like python, wsgi and noSQL
databases. Perhaps this is what you meant when you said
"things have changed since y2k"?
Exactly, and that is one of the major things that happened, also in
"classical" Linux development, just a few: Python (yes here also),
MySQL, HamLib, PulseAudio - the list goes on and on.
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Vy 73 de OZ1PIF/5Q2M, Peter
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