tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post4369896031233338428..comments2023-09-30T14:59:05.385+01:00Comments on G4ILO's Blog: Free softwareAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-81106753339654640122009-12-21T19:44:45.005+00:002009-12-21T19:44:45.005+00:00Odd that some believe paying what is usually a mer...Odd that some believe paying what is usually a mere pittance for fruit of another's long, hard labor is "evil profiteering", yet would willingly pay $100 dollars or more for a pre-made dipole antenna that they could make themselves for maybe $10 worth of parts and a soldering iron.<br /><br />Hey, I admire the freeware guys, not just in ham radio but the entire open source world -- without them we wouldn't have ***FREE**** web browsers or Linux. But no one should ever begrudge another for trying to earn a living. Once you start calling someone they're an "evil profiteer", they're likely to call you a "Marxist." Then things get ugly, fast...<br /><br />Paul WW2PTPaul Lannuierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357805457432988560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-69440906650536407052009-12-20T11:22:14.883+00:002009-12-20T11:22:14.883+00:00I met Simon in Germany. He was simply the most irr...I met Simon in Germany. He was simply the most irritating person I've ever met. He moaned and moaned about what an awful place the UK was and he bigged up Switzerland, a place which is essentially a racist, police state. Says a lot about the character. <br /><br />The reversal of fortune about free software and charging for software is so amusing considering how he banged on about HRD being free. The thing is HRD isn't very good, it's bloatware that only runs on Windows when better software is availble along with the source that runs on all computers. <br /><br />I shall derive the greatest pleasure indeed when his new SDR software is hacked and the nags/keys get removed (as they certainly will) simply because it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.OnlineQRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595890424825883307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-63216885414806174412009-12-15T22:13:03.447+00:002009-12-15T22:13:03.447+00:00Umm! I was going to do a bit on my blog about this...Umm! I was going to do a bit on my blog about this software until I saw it was not free. I thought if they are going to charge for it why should I publise it for free when there are free alternatives. I realise that a lot of work goes in to these projects but if they then want publicity then they should pay for it.Steve GW7AAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com