Bravo Brian, very well said, and less we forget, here is one fine
product that is being designed, built and sold in the good old USA!
I do not want to stir anything up, but I would vote for very soon
closing out development on the present software and concentrate on the
next, particularly if it will run on Unix or Linux as well as windoze.
Just my take.
Vic K4XTT
On 7/14/2011 11:52 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote:
And who would gain from that? Oh, the angry person who lashed out may feel
better for having hurt Flex but I doubt it would do anyone else any good. I
doubt it would make software flow any faster and probably would slow
development down while the people involved in software development ended up
spending time responding and preparing testimony.
Just watched this scene play out in Belgium, with their CAA and the Russian
Yak-52. Someone decided to be pissy and complain about a "problem" with fuel
tanks, forcing the CAA to take official notice of what was a non-problem.
Regardless, the airplanes were grounded. And when one country's CAA in the
EU takes official notice, what do you think the rest of them do?
No, I doubt that getting the government involved would be beneficial to
anyone.
Face it, Flex is still getting a handle on doing professional software
development and they are doing it with a piece of software that has gone
well beyond its design purpose. They have to develop the follow-on software
(Deep Impact) that is intended to be expandable, while at the same time
making PowerSDR more robust, reliable, and with a few more features, e.g.
FM, VU5K, etc. So they have to strike a balance between working on PowerSDR
and DI. They can't stop work on PowerSDR because it is going to take more
than a year to get DI to the point where they can let it out for people to
start testing with. But every person working on PowerSDR is someone who
can't work on DI. Frankly, I wouldn't want to be in Gerald's or Steven's
shoes. You know they have to be dancing as fast as they can.
As a point, PowerSDR is fine for the 1500 and 3000. The software doesn't
present any limits with these radios because they don't have the complex
switching and multiple signal paths. But we can see the limitations of
PowerSDR with the 5000. Regardless, in comparison to other radios out there,
It is amazing just how well PowerSDR works with the entire line.
So, accept it for what it is. Development on PowerSDR is going to take
longer than people expect it would. That is the nature of that piece of
software. Also, development of its replacement is a long-term project. It is
probably not going to produce fruit for a year (or more).
Disclaimer: I do not work for Flex Radio Systems. What I have written
represents my guesses. Take them for what they are worth -- and they are
worth every penny you paid for them.
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