[VHFcontesting] poll

[Ron Hooper]

Ken

I think you misunderstood my intention from your reply. Please interchange
your wording from Socialized to Open Source. Open Source software allows
many people to have access to the program code to make updates in the
software, thus driving down the programming cost. If I had to guess, Open
Source software is more capitalistic by nature than the way it has been
handled in the past by proprietary entities. I assure you that it has
nothing to do with the radio you use in the contest.

Thanks for allowing me to clarify.

Ron


On 11/5/06, Kenneth E. Harker <kenharker at kenharker.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 07:19:17AM -0500, Ron Hooper wrote:
>
> > I think the nightmare of changing the rules currently is the contest
> logging
> > software updates. IMHO, I think the software could be supplied by the
> > contest sponsor and made shareware to members or minimal cost to anyone
> for
> > downloading from the Internet. This would insure that any changes are
> > incorporated for each category and event. The contest sponsors could
> request
> > the current software suppliers to bid on the project to help keep cost
> down.
>
> Of all the solutions to VHF contesting's problems I've seen, this is the
> first
> time I've seen someone suggest socializing contest logging software.  Why
> don't we just make the contest sponsors supply us with "approved" radios,
> too?
>
> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker at kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
>
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