{"id":3992,"date":"2017-01-04T18:38:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2017-01-05T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T14:12:39","slug":"rick-ruhl-rolled-out-of-ham-radio-deluxe-in-software-kill-switch-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/uncategorized\/rick-ruhl-rolled-out-of-ham-radio-deluxe-in-software-kill-switch-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruh-roh! Rick Ruhl rolled out of Ham Radio Deluxe in software kill-switch aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article_head \">\n<h2>Cofounder ejects over blacklist for bad reviews<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"article_img\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2016\/09\/16\/suit_in_slingshot_shutterstock.jpg?x=648&amp;y=348&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Chap in suit in slingshot\" width=\"648\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline\"><span class=\"dateline\"> 3 Jan 2017 at 20:36, <\/span> <a class=\"alt_colour dcl\" title=\"Read more by this author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/Author\/2783\">Shaun Nichols<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<p>The developer of Ham Radio Deluxe \u2013 a popular app used by thousands of hams \u2013 has restructured its management following claims it punished users who wrote critical reviews.<\/p>\n<p>HRD Software said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2017\/01\/03\/hrdpressreleaseyearend2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> on Friday that co-founder Rick Ruhl will step down to pursue other interests. Ruhl, along with co-owners Mike Carper and Randy Gawtry, <a href=\"http:\/\/ham-radio-deluxe.com\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ran the radio software company<\/a> after buying the rights to the code in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The reshuffle comes after HRD found itself under scrutiny after it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2016\/12\/19\/ham_radio_app_bad_review\/\" target=\"_blank\">remotely disabled copies of the software<\/a> belonging to users who spoke out against the company on various amateur radio websites and forums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/01\/03\/ham_radio_deluxe_management_change\/\" target=\"_blank\">See for full article \/ Naar het volledige artikel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meer achtergrondinfo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2016\/december\/ham-radio-software-company-allegedly-blacklisted-users-for-leaving-negative-reviews.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2016\/december\/ham-radio-software-company-allegedly-blacklisted-users-for-leaving-negative-reviews.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cofounder ejects over blacklist for bad reviews 3 Jan 2017 at 20:36, Shaun Nichols The developer of Ham Radio Deluxe \u2013 a popular app used by thousands of hams \u2013 has restructured its management following claims it punished users who wrote critical reviews. HRD Software said in a statement on Friday that co-founder Rick Ruhl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3994,"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions\/3994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorties.be\/pa00news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}