On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:02:28 -0700 Andrew White <invalidhea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:25:15 -0400 > > From: "Chester Alderman" <alderm...@windstream.net> > > To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3SVGA > > Message-ID: <003601cfb89d$1dbd1160$59373420$@windstream.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > To me that is just a silly expectation for ANY ham radio manufacturer to > > consider. Can you just imagine what a quagmire Elecraft would generate if > > they open-sourced their firmware? > > And yet open-source software has been shown to be very successful. Why do you think many corporate/government organizations are turning to it? > With enough eye balls looking at the code all bugs are shallow. I think > Elecraft could benefit from an extra 100 pair of eyes looking at the > problems at no cost contributing an average of 100 hours a week at it. > Could you imagine what kind of quagmire that could result in? A better > product no less! > > > > They would have to stop producing > > profitable products just to spend time trying to pull software 'expurts' > > out > > of the trouble they themselves generated. > > > OR, that could become another profitable sector of the company. > Breaking things is a necessary part of the process. > > > > And once the 'community' turned the firmware into total trash, then you > > would expect Elecraft to bail you out???? > > > > > You don't seem to understand what this entails. Elecraft would still > control software updates including open source contributions. The Internet > is built on open source protocols and software and ham radio manufacturers > would be wise to follow suit. This is a low risk, high gain move with > nearly zero switching cost. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kg7...@fwarc.org 73, Tom KG7CFC -- Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. -Les Brown ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor KG7CFC openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit), Kernel 3.11.6-4-default, KDE 4.11.2, AMD Phenom X4 955, GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Nvidia 337.19) 16GB RAM -- 3x1.5TB sata2 -- 128GB-SSD FF 27.0, claws-mail 3.10.0 registered linux user 263467 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
