[ale] Digital Communications Conference

[ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)]

I attended the DCC over the weekend in Baltimore.  The DCC is aimed at 
discussing issues of digital communications specifically of interest to 
amateur radio.  It's interesting that over the years Linux has played a 
bigger and bigger part in the topics.  One presenter went out of his way 
to emphasize WIN32 support would only come after Linux 64 and 32 bit 
support.  Most projects discussed support Linux, were developed on Linux 
or are exclusively Linux where applicable.

Approximately a quarter of the audience had a netbook, notebook or 
tablet in front of them during the presentations.  Just from a quick 
observation, I'd say at least 2/3 to 3/4 of them were running some 
flavor of Linux or Android.

The DCC is coming to Atlanta next year so if anyone is interested to see 
what's new in digital radio communications plan on attending.  It'll be 
held at about the same time, however the exact date hasn't been set.

Jim.