Hi Mike, No problem whatsoever and thank you for expressing your opinion. In spite of not willing to post on ROS anymore, are you on the list?
Email me direct if you have concrete indications or proof. Can not talk for other members here. 73 Rein W6SZ -----Original Message----- >From: mikea <mi...@mikea.ath.cx> >Sent: Jul 9, 2010 4:11 PM >To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ROS are sending data from your PC > >On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 12:47:51PM -0700, Jeff Moore wrote: > >> As for the 3000 people that are being quiet on this list, how much of >> that is that they don't want to be singled out by a psychotic non-ham >> software author for inclusion in his list?? > >This is my first -- and, I hope, my last -- post on ROS. > >I've been quiet because it became apparent to me quite early in the game >that the software was spread-spectrum within the meaning of the term as the >FCC understands it. The author demonstrated quite early in the game that he >wasn't a ham and didn't understand the sense of community that we hams, as >a group, demonstrate and display more often than not; he also demonstrated >through his blacklisting that he is vindictive, which is not conducive to >his establishing a record of trust. > >Now it has been shown beyond contradiction that his software posts notices >on one or more DX Cluster nodes; I haven't installed the software and so >can't see where the controls, if any, for this behavior are located, but I >do see users indicating that there are no controls for the reporting >behavior. That's inexcusable, if it's true. Likewise, if this reporting >behavior isn't advertised in the documentation, *that* is inexcusable as >well. > >All this is in addition to the HF beaconing behavior, the very high >ratio of bandwidth to baudrate, and other technical objections. > >I wash my hands of ROS, both the software and its author. I'll have naught >to do with it. > >But this is an appropriate forum for discussion of the software, especially >by amateur radio operators in venues where its use is legal, so I won't >voice any objections to that. I may unsubscribe if things get too silly and >Andy doesn't throttle them; that's just voting with my feet. > >-- >Mike Andrews, W5EGO >mi...@mikea.ath.cx >Tired old sysadmin > > >------------------------------------ > >http://www.obriensweb.com/digispotter.html >Chat, Skeds, and "Spots" all in one (resize to suit) > >Facebook= http://www.facebook.com/pages/digitalradio/123270301037522 > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
