Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Hamvoip dead?

There hasn't been a post on their list since May 2024.

And now that AllstarLink has annouced:

"AllStarLink is proud to announce ASL3, the next generation of AllStar repeater and hotspot software. ASL3 is built to run on Asterisk 20, the latest operating systems, and modern hardware. Asterisk 20 brings over 15 years of bug fixes, security improvements, and enhancements."

It begs the question if anyone will continue to care about hamvoip. While it wasn't opensource it may have served a role as a competitor to AllStarLink's distribution an caused them (ASL) to buckle down on development.

What is sad is all the time and improvements made to the hamvoip distribution is now effectively lost and a wasted effort since the source code was never made public.

This is kind of what needs to happen to the ARRL. They need a competitor so that they buckle down.... but I digress...