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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>[G0RDI decloaks for his once-a-year
posting]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Ian,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>The answer is "What's your delivery
infrastructure" ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>If you believe that the vast majority are
internet users (and they probably are, IMHO) then put all the bells and whistles
in you like.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>On the other hand, what do you do for the "real"
users - those still using 1200bps radio circuits to connect? OK - I guess you
can build in a switch "low speed on interface 'x'"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Just a point to ponder :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>73 de G0RDI</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ian@gb7mbc.net href="mailto:ian@gb7mbc.net">Ian Maude</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=dxspider-support@dxcluster.org
href="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org">The DXSpider Support list</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Dxspider-support] Recent
posts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi all,
<DIV>I have been watching recent posts with interest. I feel we are
still being limited by having to keep supporting AK1A. I wonder if it
about time that Dirk and Lee (and others) started to think more about moving
the cluster network forward and less about always having to provide backward
compatibility? It really is about time the AK1A nodes were retired IMHO,
after all, the price of the new software is right :) Todays cluster
network needs to be more dynamic and control is becoming more and more
important. The majority of users are using modern logging clients that
would benefit from having an XML interface for example.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I may be talking complete rubbish here and it would not be the first time
;) I really do think we need to look at the future though.
How would cluster software look if AK1A was not a factor?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>73 Ian</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>-- <BR>Ian J Maude, G0VGS<BR>SysOp GB7MBC & HB9DRV-9 DX
Clusters<BR>Member RSGB, GQRP 9838, FISTS 14077 | K3 #455<BR><A
href="http://www.amateurradiotraining.org"
target=_blank>http://www.amateurradiotraining.org</A> <BR><BR></DIV>
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