[Info-vax] Has any hobbyist tried getting patch access?

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <4cd4b37a$0$23307$c3e8da3$a9097924 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> 
> > Is there a danger if too many ask such questions that someone will 
> > realise hobbyist licenses exist and stamp out that programme?
> 
> I few years ago, I contacted Mr Cathey/Cathay about providing on-line
> kits for hobbyists.  His answer was basically "don't rock the boat"
> because he had made some communicatiosn about that and didn't want
> people to force the issue.

OK, but from my point of view this is in a different league.

> I suspect the same would apply to patch access.  Have you checked the
> forum so in the hobbyist web site to see if there are such discussions
> and a message from Mr Cathey/Cathay about the issue ?

I tend to avoid forums (fora?).  Mainly because I have to check.  I like
newsgroups: I can immediately see (only) new stuff, and hide stuff I
have seen or don't want to see.  If the signal-to-noise ratio is too
low, there are moderated groups.  Yes, there are a few specialised
forums and even blogs I follow, but the signal-to-noise ratio and
usefulness has to be really high to attract me, and the amount of new
material has to be of the right order of magnitude.