[Xastir] FOLLOW-UP: One last problem

[James Cameron]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 08:56:12PM -0500, Jeremy Utley wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
> >
> > Relatively easy to set up, perfectly suited to the task, and well-maintained
> > (aprsd has a number of bugs that require patching, and finding the right
> > place to download the patches can be a challenge).
> 
> Except for the fact that javARPSSrvr is closed source, and written in
> Java, which closes off anyone not running an x86 cpu from being able
> to run it, and for those that do have x86 cpu's, it'll slow your
> machine to a crawl.  Plus you can't even download and try it out
> without emailing some random guy on the net and begging for a copy.

+1

aprsd for all those faults is open source, and can be fixed.  Perhaps it
just needs someone to fork it.

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/