Hi Scott, I agree! I use lots of open source software. However , a large proportion of our aging population of glider pilots do struggle with interfacing from a long list of 'compatible' tablets and their vario of choice. Baud rates, data packet construction , serial, bluetooth, etc etc is not something they want to worry about. Ask me how I know! Of course for those with the technical savvy and a willingness to participate, open source is a good solution.
Cheers Mark On Friday, 18 October 2013, Scott Penrose wrote: > > On 18/10/2013, at 5:27 PM, Mark Fisher wrote: > > When you run XCSoar you accept the niggles of open source. Food for > thought. > > > I really have no comment on how XCSoar runs on the Oudie, never seen or > done it. > > But the comment is about out of line for open source. What phone do you > use? Is Android more niggly than iOS? Maybe. What about Chrome vs IE? Open > Office vs Office? Firefox? List could go on for a few pages in 8 point font. > > Quality of projects, installation, documentation and usability is not > based on whether it is open source or not. Of course there is a lot more > open source software, so you get more of all types :-) > > Scott > > -- Mark Fisher Managing Director Swift Performance Equipment Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd Wacol 4076 Australia Ph: +61 7 3879 3005 Fax: +61 7 36076277 www.spe.com.au
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