[Xastir] Change to RELAY digipeat function

[Bob Nielsen]

You missed the point.  Once you get them into the room, you don't let 
them out again.

On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 10:27:19AM -0700, Jeff Barlow wrote:
> Gerry Creager N5JXS <gerry.creager at tamu.edu>  wrote:
> 
> >If I thought we could get the top 5-6 folks in APRS with intersections 
> >in RF and networking in the same room, uninterrupted, for 2 days, I 
> >think we'd have a plan of action and assignments!
> 
> I guess I'm not sure just who you're thinking of, but it seems to
> me like it would just degrade into a shouting match pretty
> quickly. As soon as someone spoke the truth: 'APRS is broken',
> those with fragile egos would go into defensive mode and it's all
> downhill from there.
> 
> I'm an old retired networking guy. I worked on boxes that sat on
> ARPAnet. I probably have a better handle on this stuff than most.
> It's clear to me that Bob has some pretty twisted ideas about
> networking. While ignorance is no sin, the combination of
> ignorance and an unwillingness to admit mistakes is rather
> intractable.
> 
> I think what's needed here is something like the response of the
> free software folks to Microsoft et all. You just turn your back
> on them and start over in a new direction.
> 
> Alas, my sense of things is that many hams tend to be
> traditionalists who resist change. This is why I'm not very
> active in the hobby anymore. I don't have the patience to try to
> educate those who think they now it all.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Barlow
> WB6CSV
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