I wish I could moderate this statement up Dave. it is +5 insightfull The Flex-3000 I have is so good it can make me happily run a Microsoft product on a dedicated machine.
I am happy owing one to the greatest radios in the world. We have one of the best communities in the world supported by a fantastic company. I am in the middle of re-versioning my Shack because I don't need my old radios and all the stuff I used with them much anymore. Steven On 03/25/2010 10:58 AM, David R. Wilson wrote: > To take this a slightly different direction: There will be other > choices. They just are not there yet. Windows does have it's problems > and challenges. There are substantial problems on any software platform > with implementing routines that are very time critical. That is one of > the major challenges with any SDR project. When I can find some time I > (and many others, including some of the Flex developers) have been > working on implementing software to make the Flex 5000A work on other > platforms. It does cost a bunch to develop software. I can vouch for > that first hand from having to fight that battle before. Those running > Flex hardware are fortunate that Gerald and others involved in this > process fully realize how time and resource consuming that job really > is. Realize that we will all have to be patient. Software is an art, > sometimes it is a very difficult challenge. Give those working on these > programs some breathing room, because they have a very difficult job to > sort through all of the hardware and software platform issues that are > not normally seen by the end user. Software development on any > platform is difficult in part because the operating system is also a > moving target. > > Dave > KU4B > > > > On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 07:41 -0700, Burt wrote: > >> The name of the product is Windows, no need to insult the most popular >> software product in the world. No Windows, no Flex. You could say Flex is >> five years old and they are still do not have it perfect NOR SHOULD THEY. >> Their only obligation to the buyer was to have it work with the release it >> was sold with. They are not charging you for updates. >> But I bet it cost Flex plenty to make the updates >> Burt >> >> --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Alan NV8A <n...@charter.net> wrote: >> >>> A prime example of the problem with >>> announcing a firm release date and sticking to that even >>> when the product is not ready is Windozzze. WinXP is now 9 >>> years old, and Micro$$$oft is still releasing fixes for >>> major security problems. >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Alan NV8A >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flex-radio.com/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > -- Regards de KC6KGE Skype flamebait Monitoring at least one of the following Frequencies if the radio is on and I am not on a net or using the digital modes; 3975, 7181, 14.329 _______________________________________________ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
