X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.202] (HELO randymail-a11.g.dreamhost.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4167783 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:49:39 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.97.132.202; envelope-from=ryan@deadfrog.net Received: from [10.13.37.16] (unknown [64.125.249.250]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by randymail-a11.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE1F109EAF for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:49:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryan Wilkins Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-544230398 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ut-Oh... Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) --Apple-Mail-1-544230398 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Since we're on the subject of Tracy not going away, what would Tracy = think about open sourcing the code and hardware designs? My thoughts = are varied on how Tracy might go away (sorry Tracy, not planning your = demise, but you know.. Sh*t happens) and how the rest of the community = keeps operating in his absence. While I'm not a customer yet (haven't = been able to convince the wife that we really need an airplane right = now), the EC-2 is in my design plans. I'd really hate to have to = relearn everything that Tracy has already learned and implemented in the = EC designs. The thing is, I'm pretty much sold on the rotary design and = I would try to duplicate the effort if the EC products weren't available = anymore to be able to use the rotary. I'd be at a tremendous = disadvantage though. If open sourcing is not appealing, how about some = kind of trust? My father flew Lears for various corporations and in the late 70's = decided to start a computer company writing software to manage aircraft = scheduling and maintenance, crew scheduling, passenger manifests, spares = inventory, and the like. He continued flying up through the early 90's = and continued running his programming business up through his death in = late 99. His business was mostly a one person shop. One of the = questions that always came up when he was trying to sell a system to a = flight operations department was, "What do we do when you get hit by a = bus?". He never did have a good answer for that question, at least that = I heard, but the same concern applies here. Just what does the rotary = community do if Tracy gets hit by a bus? Is there sufficient experience = and interest in the group to offer to keep things going? Regards, Ryan Wilkins On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Chris Barber wrote: > Agreed. My concern is that Tracy is my projects greatest "single = point of failure" should he decide to put all this nonsense and our = silliness behind him and just call it quits and actually retire.=20 > =20 > Tracy, thanks for the continued thoughtful support and hanging in = there. Your knowledge and support is appreciated more than I/we can = express. Kindafunny as my "ex" made fun of me when I first met you at = Pecan Plantation at the cold Texas rotary round-up a few years a = go...she thought it was so funny that I was "meeting my hero". Well, = she was kinda right. ;-) Thanks. > =20 > All the best, > =20 > Chris Barber > Houston, GSOT --Apple-Mail-1-544230398 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Since we're on the subject of Tracy not going away, = what would Tracy think about open sourcing the code and hardware = designs?  My thoughts are varied on how Tracy might go away (sorry = Tracy, not planning your demise, but you know.. Sh*t happens) and how = the rest of the community keeps operating in his absence.  While = I'm not a customer yet (haven't been able to convince the wife that we = really need an airplane right now), the EC-2 is in my design plans. =  I'd really hate to have to relearn everything that Tracy has = already learned and implemented in the EC designs.  The thing is, = I'm pretty much sold on the rotary design and I would try to duplicate = the effort if the EC products weren't available anymore to be able to = use the rotary.  I'd be at a tremendous disadvantage though. =  If open sourcing is not appealing, how about some kind of = trust?

My father flew Lears for various corporations = and in the late 70's decided to start a computer company writing = software to manage aircraft scheduling and maintenance, crew scheduling, = passenger manifests, spares inventory, and the like.  He continued = flying up through the early 90's and continued running his programming = business up through his death in late 99.  His business was mostly = a one person shop.  One of the questions that always came up when = he was trying to sell a system to a flight operations department was, = "What do we do when you get hit by a bus?".  He never did have a = good answer for that question, at least that I heard, but the same = concern applies here.  Just what does the rotary community do if = Tracy gets hit by a bus?  Is there sufficient experience and = interest in the group to offer to keep things = going?

Regards,

Rya= n Wilkins


On Mar 16, 2010, at = 11:37 AM, Chris Barber wrote:

Agreed.  My concern is that Tracy is my = projects greatest "single point of failure" should he decide to put all = this nonsense and our silliness behind him and just call = it quits and= actually retire. 
 
Tracy, thanks for the = continued thoughtful support and hanging in there. Your knowledge and = support is appreciated more than I/we can = express.  Kindafunny as my "ex" made fun of me = when I first met you at Pecan Plantation at the cold Texas rotary = round-up a few years a go...she thought it was so funny that I was = "meeting my hero".  Well, she was kinda right.  ;-) = Thanks.
 
All the = best,
 
Chris Barber
Houston, = GSOT

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