[nos-bbs] JNOS closer to Winlink than many realize + hf.ampr.org anyone ?

[Glenn Thomas]

Given the political clout behind winLink2K, JNOS will at least have 
to be fully interoperable with winLink2K to survive. Especially in 
the emcomm arena.

The main disadvantage of JNOS is that it does not include a sound 
card based interface. It also doesn't seem to have the marketing 
muscle that winlink2k does.

The main advantages of JNOS include:

JNOS source code is readily available for education and bug fixes. It 
is also readily extended as developments require. In contrast, Wl2k 
is tightly held proprietary code.
JNOS runs on many different platforms, including XP, win2000, 
win98/95, DOS, os/2 and of course Linux. Wl2k is limited to XP & win2000.

73 de Glenn WB6W


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