The really cool thing is, anyone with enough ambition, curiosity, and knowledge, can do the exact same things as what the entrepreneurs at Elecraft did from "scratch". And the really, really cool thing with that could be new ground breaking technology and innovations. I would never look at a closed door as missing out, but a challenge to find a work around. In that process better ways are always found, and that keeps the pressure on everyone to do better.
73 Gene N9TF > > On May 12, 2017 at 3:46 PM Kevin - K4VD <[email protected]> wrote: > > And we certainly don't want science experiments in ham radio. Oh no. > Someone might get hurt. > > Someone asked about open source code for Elecraft. Answering him with, > no... you might break something, is a lousy answer. > > Companies can choose one way or the other. I'm not arguing that point. It > really is a decision for CEOs and CFOs and owners and bored directors. > While I'm aware of one open source Elecraft project (scary, isn't it) I'm > not expecting them open up their code for all to see. But as a community > of > hams I am amazed at how we are shooting this guy's idea down dead. Then > kicking it. Then maybe shooting it again instead of commiserating with him > about all the cool things that might be missed because things are closed. > > 73, > Kev, K4VD > Reforming Curmudgeon > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
