Hi all,
Thoughts re Marks reply.
> > 3. Triadis re-wrote XCSoar in their own fork of the software, as they
> > got tired of fielding user enquiries about software over which they had
> > no real control. The software they have released, is fully supported by
> > them. Install this and they will be happy to talk to you. They are the
> > only manufacturer that I know that has built hardware specifically for
> > an open-source application. I am pretty sure that XCSoar users do not
> > call HP, Dell, Mio or suchlike when their PDA doesn't work as expected
> > with XCSoar?
>
>
What? Triadis chose to supply their equipement with XCSoar. If I bought a HP
device I would expect HP to support the *supplied* operational software,
irrespective of whether it is propritery or open source.
If Triadis dislike open source they should not have used it. One suspects
basing the Altair on XCSoar brought considerable ongoing savings in terms of
software development costs for Triadis.
> > 4. Another reason for writing this software was to provide support for
> > ALTAIR Pro owners, as the XC Soar community had not yet "caught up" to
> > the new logger hardware.
Why should the developers be supporting Triadis for profit operations? They are
not a non profit are they? At least one expects a device to support its own
logger.
> > 8. I have been through the long thread of emails you sent me via our
> > support page. I made it clear that the software
> > is entirely the responsibility of the Open Source community. You
> > disagreed, as you would. Do you expect Swift Avionics to write this
> > code?
As the .au supplier you should take some responsibilty for its currency, as is
standard in the industry.
> > 9. We do all we can to support Altair users, for little or no return.
> > Clearly , by your email you partly blame Swift Avionics for your issue
> > with the unavailability of XCSoar 6 for your Altair. Clearly this is
> > as much our responsibility as it would be for HP to ensure future
> > versions of XCSoar ran on their devices. Having said that, it is not in
> > the interest of Triadis NOT to see XCSoar 6 running on Altair. I think
> > the big point you are missing is that their are only about 150 Altair
> > devices in use IN THE WORLD. Jumping up and down because a hardware
> > manufacturer is not pouring infinite personal time and money into an
> > OPEN SOURCE problem is not the way to get a positive result.
Triadis as I said above would have saved considerably on software devlopment
and as suppliers
will benefit from better software available. 150 Alatirs sell for nearly 1/2
million dollars.
I presume you make a profit on Altair sales?
As Triadis suppied the essentiual operating software with the device, I would
expect them to support it, just like any other manufaturer. Being open source
is irrelevant, and at best a poor excuse.
> > 10. Triadis are in fact putting resources into this as they are
> > available. This I know. It has been slow, but what do you expect for
FREE???
150 alta...@$3000 sell for nearly 1/2 million dollars. Not my definition of
free by any means.
Regards
Dave L
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