[aprssig] VARA Continues To Show It's Overwhelming Superiority Over AX.25 Packet

[k0stk at arrl.net]

Borja Marcos said:

> Steve Stroh wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately that won't happen with VARA because the author isn't
>> interested.
>
>Hence, not recommended. We must rely on open standards, not on being
>held hostages by Microsoft. And depending on a single operating system
>for emergencies The CrowdStrike gaffe was a good heads up.
>
>I think the author must decide what does he want. If he fails to grasp
>the importance of platform independence thinking that it's just "the
>whimsical Linux guys", well, his loss if he wants Vara to become a
>"core" data transmission mode.

There are far too many appliance operators in our hobby who just want
"the next shiny new thing that works" for your hope to be true. We can
clearly see that the closed and platform limited nature of VARA hasn't
been a hindrance to its adoption.

It's sad just how a hobby ostensibly dedicated to learning and the
advancement in the radio art is dependent on proprietary, and often
immutable, software and firmware; especially at a time when many radios
are now computers with antennas.

-- 
Steve K0STK // k0stk at arrl.net