tango4 wrote:
Ahhhhh, another Microshaft drone

Free software works, like it or not!

:-)

I hear it's getting cooler down your way Bruce. Only 28 degrees or so. Soon
you'll have nothing but 4 knot ( 2 metre ) midwinter thermals whilst we are
into stonking 6 knot midsummer ones!

Ian



Hi Ian

Fortunately not a major client or fan of Micro$oft Corp.
Most of my systems run open source, and we even publish our extensions back.
Which sort of proves that people can have software for nothing, just without
warranty.

My point was merely that if you are buying something, remember that it has to
make commercial sense, or you may have a Betamax in your glider... It doesn't
matter if the product is good/competitive/desirable. If it was a commercial
venture and does not make commercial sense it will die. Now I DO see the merit
in making an opensource offering. But I doubt there are enough people with the
knowledge and time available to do that. Possibly better to support the Pauls
and Erazems of the world, their products are good, and surely worth paying for.

As for the flying, I spent a three day weekend driving my family to and from my
partner's son's wedding out Kimberly way, and admiring the perfect cloud streets
from the car. Took the opportunity to identify suitable fields for when I start
doing some serious XC out that way...

Ah Well, there is always next weekend. The lack of rain has left us with a very
dry countryside, I think we can count on lots of thermals this winter.

(Written on the Mozilla "Thunderbird" mail client - not getting affected by 98%
of the viruses is sooo nice.)