[nos-bbs] FYI [Fwd: wl2k Re: Another paclink-unix update]

[Andre v Schayk]

KV9U schreef:
> Doesn't Nick have this all figured out? He was able to crack this in a
> few minutes with a problem he wrote in that amount of time. At least
> he claimed this a year or so ago. The Winlink 2000 folks had been
> claiming that the B2F made it so difficult for anyone to monitor the
> data that it was almost like being secure. They later acted like they
> had never said that after Nick figured out how to do it.
>
> Won't he share that information on how to handle B2F?
>
> It is very unfortunate that there is this dislike of interoperability
> with the Winlink 2000 folks, or at least some of them, because it
> almost insures that others will work on different projects rather than
> sharing the information. I have been very disappointed in the hams who
> do this kind of thing because it seems completely contrary to what
> amateur radio is all about.
>
> By the way, how do any of you view the PSKmail program and working
> with that?
>
> Finally, if you do have items that should be more well known, it would
> not hurt to mention it on the Winlink 2000 group which is usually
> pretty quiet.
>
> 73,
>
> Rick, KV9U
Nick was given the permission to put his project in sourceforge not to
long ago, when I said it was not well documented I ment his code, lookup
paclink-unix in sf.net and check out the cvs for yourself.

Andre PE1RDW