Nothing at all. My point was simply rebutting Bob's point that simply open sourcing code makes it a mess. As well as the arrogance to suggest no one else can understand your code.
The decision to go open source is the author's alone regardless of what the Richard Stallman code communists say. I think HRD could have been better as open source but that decision was only Simon's. Tom NY4I Principal Solutions Architect Better Software Solutions, Inc. 727.437.2771 On Sep 29, 2011, at 7:26 AM, "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > What's so wrong with Simon making a buck as the result of his hard work??? > > 73, > Joe kk0sd > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Ben Jackson > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:47 PM > To: Thomas Schaefer > Cc: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HB9DRV > > On 9/28/2011 10:52 AM, Thomas Schaefer wrote: >> I have to say the statement about people not having the experience, >> time and patience to maintain it is pure egotistical nonsense. > > *snip* > >> Open source code is always better because no matter how clever ones >> thinks they are as a programmer, there are always better coders. > > DING DING DING! I think you nailed the issue on the head. No one wants > to admit that their code could be horrid. However, when opening your > code, you are running the risk of someone coming up and saying "Hey, > this is horrid, I rewrote it so it's ten times better." -- Plus there's > the whole commenting, documentation, etc. That's at least doubling the > workload. > > I open source my software. Why? Because I /know/ my code is horrid. > Nowhere to go but up. > >> 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. > > -- > Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA > bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
