[hpsdr] [dttsp-linux] A proposal

[George Medakovich]

There are plenty of people selling open-source related services.  Our 
local state-sponsored
technical schools charges tuition to teach Linux and MySQL and employees 
full-time staff
to provide the service.

If Bob wants to inspire more interest in Erlang and Erlink, the decision 
to offer education
on the subjects is a good move.  The decision whether to offer it for 
free, or for $10 or
for $500 is one of trade-offs.  But $10?  I'll spend that much on a 
cheap lunch and a newspaper
today.  Maybe it's a lot for some people, but then so is the cost of a 
computer to run the software
and the internet connection to read about it for free.

George, ae5ci

Greg - ZL3IX wrote:
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> Chris, isn't this a bit different?  Bob is not just writing open source 
> code, he is offering to teach the rest of us how to write this stuff.  
> Most educational material has some cost attached.
>
> 73, Greg, ZL3IX
>
> Chris Albertson wrote:
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>> Yes make some tutorials.  But rememebr that you got
>> Erlang itself for free.  dttsp for free.  Linux for
>> free.  Many people spent countless hours on all of this
>> and did not ask for any compensation other then their
>> work be used.  What about HPSDR all that electronic
>> design work and PCB layout?  Why is your work different?
>> Obviously Linux, HPSDR, dttsp, was a lot of effort too.
>>
>> You might sell a dozen copies but I suspect your
>> work will bring far greater return if it is more
>> widely distributed.  
>>
>> --- Bob Cowdery <bob at bobcowdery.plus.com> wrote:
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