http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp
In any case, as it pertains to our SDR development, the dichotomy in the article you cite is a false one. Right now the game is in providing developers with a rich set of resources with which to create a variety of tailored user interfaces. That's a domain found entirely outside the cavilling in the article. 73 Frank AB2KT On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An interesting editorial, of some relevance to software for SDRs > > http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability > > The linked articles within are also interesting. As is the slashdot > thread referencing the above. > > We've come up against this at work, too. Who is the user of a software > radio on a spacecraft? Do you design the software environment for the > developer of waveforms for the radio, or do you design for the > operator of the radio. The former would love to have shell prompts, > nifty cool flexibility, nice libraries and configuration files. The > latter wants simple "turn radio on", "engage subspace communications" > commands with minimum system complexity. > > > > Jim, W6RMK > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > -- Travelling by airplane in the US is nothing more than mass training of Americans to the requirements of the coming police state. The whole point is to make you learn to acquiesce without question, en masse, to completely absurd directives by dull functionaries wearing uniforms. -- Digby _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/