On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:49, rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My comment regarding free/broken/copied software is that I typically only use
> the free software. However, I did buy MixW and use it for some modes.
I prefer free software as well and look for items that are released
under the GPL or other open source or free licenses.
Hard to do on the M$-Windows platform with its tradition of
pay-to-play software, but N1MM, MMTTY, and the DXLab Suite come pretty
close (though none are open source).
Trying to recall the last software I bought and I think it was ARC780
to program and control one of my scanners. Was going to buy ARC396
when I got a newer receiver, but it didn't have enough features over
what was out there for free to justify the cash outlay.
N1MM, DXLab, et al, are not in that same category - as far as I can
tell, they *lead* their categories. That they are free (of charge) is
just a nice bonus.
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