[UK-CONTEST] Contest logger comparisons

[Clive Whelan]

Andy

Well it might be a bit previous!

I am referring simply to an intimation from Martin that he is working on 
such. I did look at TLF, but frankly didn't think much of it. The 
problem with Linux geeks in my experience is that they are a bit on the 
evangelical side, and tend to discount anything Windows-like.

Of course it's a classic chicken and egg scenario. Writelog and Wintest 
could readily be compiled for Linux, but the authors claim there is 
insufficient market, whilst end users like me say they won't change to 
Linux until/unless there is a viable contest logger available! I 
recognise the problem, but don't know what the solution is. I guess that 
it is a typical Gladwell tipping point issue( see 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tipping_Point.)

73


Clive
GW3NJW

On 20/06/2011 12:22, Andy Summers wrote:
> Clive,
>
> I sat up when I read the extract below, but I couldn't find anything 
> new out there. Are you referring to TLF, actually written by Rein, 
> PA0R? If not, can you share the appropriate URL?
>
> TLF is a pretty good linux contest logger, but doesn't have the bells 
> & whistles of the usual windows suspects. In particular, I miss a 
> decent bandmap. Having gone totally linux at home now, this is my only 
> realistic option (other than SD + Wine). Tom, DL1JBE, has started 
> maintaining TLF now, so it should start improving from now on.
>
> I always thought it was peculiar that there weren't more decent linux 
> contest loggers - us hams being an experimental lot. I guess it's just 
> a legacy thing - linux on the desktop didn't really take-off until 
> about 5 years back. I'm also surprised why developers haven't chosen 
> to use Java, which would be OS agnostic.
>
> 73 Andy, G4KNO.
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Clive Whelan <clive at gw3njw.net 
> <mailto:clive at gw3njw.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     There is another faint possibility, and that is a version of TR ported
>     to the Linux platform by Martin/OK1RR and friends. It is indeed
>     only the
>     non availability of a good Linux contest logger that keeps me
>     using the
>     execrable Windows platform.
>