19 Jul
2019
19 Jul
'19
10:39 a.m.
On 19 Jul 2019, at 07:33, Phil Karn
<karn(a)ka9q.net> wrote:
1) The block wasn't being used by hams and had no viable prospect of
being used by hams.
Frankly I always considered a /8 allocation quite an overkill. Moreover, I was wondering
when some corporation would appropiate them using some legal cunning. So well, given
both conditions it's not that bad.
2) All of the proceeds went to a non-profit to benefit
amateur digital
development and related efforts.
Let me propose you an idea although it's an off-topic in this list. We have a serious
problem
in amateur radio regarding digital development. It is software quality, platform
independence
and openness.
Except for some really briliant exceptions such as the WSJT saga, most of the software
is written exclusively for Windows, it's quite poor quality and the documentation is
appalling.
What about an ambitious campaign to educate and support development teams, even
directly coordinating some development efforts when possible and needed? The goals,
as I said, would be better software quality, platform independence, and better
documentation.
The goal would be to reach a maturity level comparable to other open source projects.
A particular example of a project I would like to be addressed is ARDOP/Winmor, etc.
https://www.winlink.org/content/ardop_overview
73,
Borja - EA2EKH