I did respond... privately. :) I'll summarize the main points below: I'm not sure I would say that we have punted on supporting other operating systems. Rather, I would say that we have chosen to stay in business. Whether Flex chose windows or whether we chose based on consumer demand is kind of a chicken vs. egg first discussion.
I will stand by my previous statement: As long as Windows is the primary Operating System for our customers, we will continue to support/maintain/improve a windows Console. Again, this does not prevent us from branching out into the linux and Mac world with a multiplatform offering. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Covington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:38 PM > To: Eric Wachsmann > Cc: Jim Lux; flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 CW Contest Performance > > On 2/22/07, Eric Wachsmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure that I would say that we (FlexRadio Systems) have chosen > > Windows. I would say, rather, that our customers have chosen it. Until > the > > fact that the majority of our customers are primariy (and usually > > exclusively) Windows users changes, we will ALWAYS have a windows > console. > > > > This does not preclude us from having a multiplatform option for those > that > > want to use it on other operating systems like linux and OSX. That is > where > > the new architecture comes in which will use DttSPv2. > > > > > > Eric Wachsmann > > FlexRadio Systems > > I would say that Flex did choose Windows. The PowerSDR software was > Windows based before most people even knew what a SDR-1000 was. I'd > say that the SDR-1000 would probably not be as popular today if Flex > (or Gerald really) would have chosen to develop the software in Linux > at the start. > > It is hard to say that the choice was the customer's, when the > customer did not have a platform choice from the start (other than > Windows). Choosing Windows was not a bad business decision for Flex I > am sure and I certainly don't criticize Flex for doing so. > > Why not respond to Frank's comment about Flex "punting" on the issue > of supporting other platforms? That would be more interesting... > > Phil N8VB _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
