17 Apr
2014
17 Apr
'14
6:08 p.m.
Nigel,
Of the 193 member states that make up the ITU on the planet, and the 191
that permit Amateur Radio; not all of of them are able to run the latest
and fastest technology; nor do they necessarily have the ability to
import it. Next, I personally didn't ask Bart to engage in "fiddling
with legacy code," he OFFERED to solve an issue with a script running
via the current Linux kernel.
In fact, I developed that script for Linux with the help of Brian and
PE1CHL - after determining it was probably easier to simply use the
routing built into the Linux Kernel than install a *NOS program on top.
I then had to do alot of learning about AMPR so I did not "break" others
ability to connect to me. I then went through months of testing until I
was sure the script functions without causing security issues or
breaking others use of AMPRNet. Further, I worked on the firewall
scripts so a station's 44GW didn't have to be directly connected to
their Internet-facing interface. Basically, I'm saying that I didn't
quit or decide to lobby for a board position, I worked at solving what I
perceived as the issue needing a solution; that's what most people try
to do. After I inquired more about Bart's proposed solution and offered
to re-write my entire station router script, he stated he did not want
to contribute any more time to the problem. Now he reappears lobbying
for a board position in lieu of working to fix his perceived "issues"
with ARDC - citing old technology and old ideas; all one can be left to
assume is he want's to disamble AMPRNet for the 190 other states on the
planet, control 44/8 and ARDC - still not offering anything to the
software, processes or services within AMPR until he has control;
basically, a HSMM Radio coup.
I'm not sure if your grasp of the situation came from observing only the
April 2014 chat, the archives or directly from conversation with Bart;
but it is true that some users operate versions of router NOS that run
on DOS; but others use Cisco, Linux Kernel, Microtik, etc - and they all
work together; there's no need to take over AMPR to "fix" the
"situation."
-KB3VWG