[aprssig] Replacement for UI-View any one

Curt, WE7U curt.we7u at gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 13:53:34 EST 2010


On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Amateur Radio WB8NUT wrote:

> From what I could see, the information on that site about the various APRS 
> programs is out of date.

Most of what's there is contributed by the developers and heavy
users of the various packages.  I can keep the Xastir info
up-to-date myself but since that's the only one I use (and
contribute code to).  I can't very well do the same for the other
columns.

Feel free to contribute more info for your favorite package.  I
typically update the chart within a few days of receiving such info,
with the occasional "I'm too busy" delay.


> It would be nice if there was some kind of code of ethics with developers of 
> ANY amateur radio software. You promise that if you ever want to stop 
> development, pass-away, give-up, etc., that you will make the source code 
> open source and make the generation of the code necessary to use your program 
> public.

Notice the "Exit Strategy" row near the top of the chart...  That's
so people can make educated choices as to which packages to jump
into, and which might cause the difficulties later if they're
abandoned.

-- 
Curt, WE7U.                         <http://www.eskimo.com/~archer>
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