Re: FW: More NI License Problems [k.valentine@verizon.net]

[Kevin V. <k.v...@ve...>]

Thanks for the info Jim.

This looks bad for me. I'm doing a presentation at an NI site on December
10th. I'm showing how to use OGIC, Comedi, and Linux-GPIB under the Linux 
OS. (see http://www.minkhollowsystems.com/WALUG.html)

Quite frankly, I've been following the discussion and I'm a little freaked
out. I'm starting to wonder if I should do the presentation. Are there legal
issues in dumping VISA for an open source alternative. Based on what Greg 
McKaskle said in one of his previous posts, "As for writing your own VISA,
that is certainly a possibility. Or maybe you pass the hat and pay Dan M to
write you one ;)" (see http://messages.info-labview.org/2003/11/13/03.html),
it would appear that he is rather supportive of the development of
alternatives to NI's toolkits.

I have zero interest in rewriting VISA but I would certainly like to continue
my efforts in producing VI libraries that work with open source hardware 
drivers.

OGIC and Linux-GPIB are dead men walking. They're definitely replacements.
Comedi, on the other hand, provides what NI cannot - drivers for 3rd party
hardware.

-Kevin