Dear Joe,

I sincerely appreciate your frustration with the dominance of Microsoft. We
often feel the same way.  However, as a business we have to place our finite
resources where they provide the best return.  Here are a few facts
regarding PC market share for the first part of 2009.

According to IDC, Apple's market share from 7.4% in 2008 to 7.6% for the
first quarter of 2009.

http://www.macworld.com/article/140029/2009/04/pcshipments.html

According to NetApplications, GNU/Linux now accounts for 1.02% of computer
desktops.

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3818696/Linux-Desktop-Mark
et-Share-Greater-Than-One-Percent.htm

That leaves about 92% for Microsoft's desktop market share.  

Unfortunately, the economics do not work to undertake the huge and expensive
effort that would be required to convert PowerSDR(TM) to native Mac OS.
However, a number of customers are successfully running PowerSDR under
Bootcamp for both FLEX-5000s and FLEX-3000s.  There are customer supplied
articles in the knowledge base that cover how to do the installations.  

Let me also clarify that FlexEdge(TM) is not an "out of sight portion of the
reflector." FlexEdge is available to all who want to participate.  FlexEdge
is the leading edge developer reflector for new software development and
system configurations.  It is where all the cool new stuff is going on.  We
separated the site to minimize confusion between officially released and
supported configurations and those that are still experimental.  Overall it
has been a very successful change.       

I trust that helps in understanding FlexRadio's position on the matter.  We
will continue to evaluate how we can be of better help to those who want to
use the Mac platform.

Sincerely,

Gerald


Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR
President
FlexRadio Systems
13091 Pond Springs Rd. #250
Austin, TX 78729
Phone: 512-535-4713
www.flex-radio.com

"Tune in excitement!" (TM) 

-----Original Message-----
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joe Rodriguez
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:25 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] UNSUPPORTED... WHY BOTHER?

Dear Mr Systems Administrator & List Manager,

For the last year and a half I've struggled with the thought of  
purchasing a Flex radio. But the problem is WINDOWS... and I've have  
had the good sense to  convert to Apple OS X and the computer problems  
have been reduced by over 95%. Bootcamp under OS X .5 has stabilized  
the use of Windows XP for the remaining applications that are required  
by this house hold. The marketing staff at Flex have been supportive  
as they can about the Windows/ Mac dilemma and there seems to be  
support for those of use that refuse to subscribe to your Windows or  
Vista and God forbid "7". So In your humble opinion we should be  
vanquished to an out of site portion of the reflector not to disturb  
your Vista discussions. Not supported like "DRM" discussions that seem  
to be OK with you. Well count me out of the reflector, Count me out of  
the Flex radio plans Timmy. Maybe the rumors of a prominent Japanese  
radio company planning and SDR radio can bring you to your senses.

KD4INV

Folks,

As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description
(http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description 
), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on  
unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the  
FlexEdge Reflector.

Thank You.

-Tim
---
FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator & List Moderator
W4TME
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