On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:47:09 -0400 Ben Jackson <b...@innismir.net> wrote:
> I open source my software. Why? Because I /know/ my code is horrid. > Nowhere to go but up. You know, I was going to say the exact thing. I know my code is pretty horrible in places, but the more people that say "that bit is horrible, it should be like *this*" the better my coding gets. I'm still just learning. I've only been at it for 25 years, and I doubt I'll ever stop just learning. > > If HRD was open sourced, I guarantee the satellite tracking piece > > would work perfectly for all radios because we would have fixed it. > > However, that's a big statement to make. Getting an active development > community around you codebase is a bit difficult. There is no way to > guarantee such things. Well the first thing to do would be to remove the existing radio controlling code and offload that to hamlib, if it doesn't already... -- Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordon...@gjcp.net> _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
