I'm not a technical type and trying to understand what's going on in these emails. Rob hit it on the head. Simplicity! Even though I've been a ham 58 years and love the hobby, I'm not technical but can get it done most of the time. I've had no problems with my 5000 but I haven't tried to hook up all the other things that are useful to other hams. When I installed my 5000, I did the work but had a computer guy here to monitor that I was doing it right.
Appliance operators are another level of sales if it's simple. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Dennison Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:47 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Code Bloat vs System Bloat Hi everyone, There is such a thing as code bloat which our wonderful programmers are genetically opposed, but also there is such a thing as system bloat which I for one am genetically opposed to. System bloat occurs when, in the name of minimizing code bloat, users are required to add more and more programs and boxes to the computer to perform functions easily done in code. System bloat is far more pernicious than code bloat. A minor example of such perniciousness is trying to generate good CW in a multitasking environment. Generating good code should only be done one place in a multitasking environment. A better example is loading yet another very large program such as MIXW just to periodically generate a single audio tone for morse code when such a function already exists in PowerSDR and lacks only an interface. Similarly tying up two I/O ports and an external keyer box to generate "mechanical" closures for keying purposes is an even worse example of system bloat via hardware. If FlexRadio is ever to succeed in the land of appliance users, it must provide elegant solutions. Simplicity is the very soul of elegance. Some times a little bit more code generates a huge amount of system simplicity. To elegance! 73's Rob AB7CF _______________________________________________ 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
