Martin- > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 09:11:19AM -0500, Clark Pope wrote: >> Without a monetization strategy I don't see how the gnu radio project gets >> much past its current state. The problem >> is the functionality of a prototyper or student is implemented in about 20% >> of the effort for a full application. >> The documentation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of a real >> application needs a lot more work and that work is >> not educational or enjoyable. So without something like an app store where >> developers can get reimbursed for that >> other 80% the applications will stay stuck at the cool demo stage. > > First, "cool demo stage" is already a pretty good stage. > Second, I'd like to point out a very successful OSS project not unlike > GNU Radio & the USRP: the Arduino. > By itself, it's useless--it's a hardware/software development tool. > Sounds familiar? > If you read sites like hackaday.com, the Arduino comes up *all the > time* with posts like "Look what X did with an Arduino". On this > specific site, GNU Radio comes up 3 times, the newest article being from > February 2009. > > Some coverage of cool hacks using GNU Radio certainly wouldn't hurt the > project.
All understood. Demos that highlight GNU Radio's tremendous progress are crucial to its long-term success. But nevertheless Clark makes a crucial point. GNU Radio is owned by National Instruments and I might guess their sales guys are not too happy with this thread. They can't sell "cool demos". Progress must be made to create revenue-producing applications. Like Clark says, most of that work is not fun, and it eats a lot of time and effort, but in the real business world, there isn't a choice. -Jeff _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
