[Xastir] New xastir

[Brian D Heaton]

Yep, Yep, Yep....

Erik,

	You need to be careful.  Bob and Nate have it exactly right.  Pretty
soon you'll be *UNDERSTANDING* all the stuff your computer does, making
it do exactly what you want, and struggling to understand all those who
don't. <G>

	Linux can have a steep learning curve to get started, but as you start
picking things up you'll find that it all builds in a logical and
consistent (mostly) manner.  

			THX/BDH



On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 09:21, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> [2004 Jan 10 07:56 -0600]:
>  
> > Then before you know it you'll be running 'cvs update' twice a day and
> > wondering why only a few files changed!
> 
> Then you'll venture into shell scripts, a bit of Perl and Python, then
> dabble in C, glance at C++, tinker with code, consider contributing to 
> a project, contribute to a project, scratch a programming itch...Oh wait, 
> that's me!
> 
> YMMV, of course, but Free Software has this viral property that leads
> tinkerers like hams to want to tinker with it.
> 
> To all of you working with Xastir, keep up the good work.  I first tried
> it back in the summer of 2000 as I wanted to track a balloon that was
> launched from Salina, KS (come to think of it they're planning on doing
> another one today, I think) and donwloaded Xastir.  Unfortunately, I
> couldn't get to the FTP server that had the map files until the
> following Monday.  So, I didn't get much except a track on a blank
> screen.  I kept track of the version updates over the years, but didn't
> ge the urge to try it again until last fall.  Very good work, everyone.
> 
> 73, de Nate >>