[BC] Re: Automation systems

[KC4QLP at aol.com]

Zara is good; but it wants to hog any internet connection you allow it 
(stream connections, etc.).  SPL easily outperforms it.  For one, ZARA 
has no way to protect against playing same artist back-to-back; SPL does 
(an issue for stations that have a stream - another benefit of DMCA).  I 
also didn't see any way to interface ZARA with a sat receiver - Studio 
does - in both directions - via the LPT port.

>From playing wih ZARA, I see no way of making ZARA play commericals with any 
sort of trigger. It has a "satellite" input source via like a line-in plug on 
the sound card, but that "satellite" option is worthless without being able to 
accept relay closures to trigger local avails.

> 
> As to Win2K being obsolete...
> 
> Tell it to the US Navy.  They will NOT allow XP or <shudder> Vista 
> aboard ship.  They even frown on it in the crews' personal machines.  
> Too many phone-home-to-Redmond issues, for one.
> 
> 
I agree....Win2k is far more stable than any of these other operating system 
pieces of crap that Bill Gates has dumped into the market place. Everything 
that is used in TV here uses Win2k. Radio wise...you guessed it..Win2k. If the 
"box" comes in the building with something other than Win2K, it gets formated 
and Win2k installed. Just because Bill Gates does not offer updates and patches 
anymore doesnt mean it is outdated. Newer isnt always better. This Vista pile 
of ones and zeros that is out now.....gee what a joke of an OS that is.

Bob Carter - KC4QLP
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