[Elecraft] Ham Radio and the Cloud

2013-11-15 Thread Milt -- N5IA
http://www.zdnet.com/its-not-about-windows-the-repairable-pc-is-dead-723214/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Take time to read this article and see how it fits into our Amateur Radio world. Given a couple of exceptions, are we not now to the ‘throw-away’, not-repairable aspect in the Ham world in terms

Re: [Elecraft] Ham Radio and the Cloud

2013-11-15 Thread EricJ
Seems to me hobbyist computing is just following what ham radio went through with "appliance" operators. Bit by bit, electronic technology and packaging technology made the average ham rig come with a label "non-serviceable parts inside." Maybe what the hobbyist PC world needs to discover is "