Ham radio itself is a counter culture. Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 15, 2011, at 1:06 PM, W6SDM Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > This came from the *Southgate Amateur Radio News*. My question is, is > there a Flex counterculture similar to what we saw in the early days of > Apple? Being part of the Silicon Valley community back in those days, I > would say that I see many parallels. People would buy Apple ][ machines > and then immediately try to find ways to do new things and push the > performance envelope. There were product-specific computer bulletin > boards, user's groups, and newsletters. Where the Z80-based machines were > more business and science, Apple was more about creativity and fun. > Unfortunately for me, I was not on the Apple side of things. This is from > the article: > > > *Radio amateur and Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak WA6BND was > interviewed on the BBC radio show Today on December 14 and now on the web.* > * * > > *In it he says allowing a counterculture to develop is vital to creating > companies that will revolutionise an industry.* > * * > > *Speaking to Evan Davis about his former business partner Steve Jobs, he > said that allowing creativity in the early days of Apple was far more > important than how you dressed or the length of your hair.* > * * > > *He told the show that structured societies tend to stifle the kind of > innovation that helps create hi-tech heaven.* > http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2011/steve_wozniak_wa6bnd_on_bbc_radio_and_tv.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+Radio+News%29 > > 73 from a proud two Flex owner, > > -- > Steve Miller > w6sdm.net > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
