[rescue] ham gear

[Peter Porter]

>>Just wait.  In a few years a submarine will ground and no one inside will
>>know Morse and people will die as a result.  It's inevitable.
>>    
>>
>
>In the next heavily industrial war, many thousands of soldiers will die
>because of short-sighted use of technology in military systems.
>
>It is downright scary how poor the software our military depends on can
>be.
>
I will (sadly) second that.  I work on a project that is suprisingly 
successful and well written but horribly crippled by politics.  Us 
Americans need to get our heads out of our asses and start trying to 
perform above the status quo.

-Peter