You are exactly right Len. A majority of the worlds biggest super computers are run on open source software (Not Windows :)). The June 2020 list here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOP500. Android devices, imbedded devices, most web browsers etc. The list goes on and on.
it’s about quality developers and a quality development process. Elecraft surely has the market cornered in both aspects for both hardware and software. 73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Nov 27, 2020, at 14:29, l...@ka7ftp.com wrote: > " OpenSSL pretty much runs the entire secure Internet. Linux, Python, etc. > > But those are exceptions." > > And an interesting statistic... > > "It's often said that more than half of new businesses fail during the first > year. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), this isn't > necessarily true. Data from the BLS shows that approximately 20% of new > businesses fail during the first two years of being open, 45% during the > first five years, and 65% during the first 10 years. Only 25% of new > businesses make it to 15 years or more. These statistics haven't changed much > over time, and have been fairly consistent since the 1990s.1 Though the odds > are better than the commonly held belief, there are still many businesses > that are closing down every year in the United States." > > It seems that this thread has become the whipping boy for open source. I > would suggest that it is irrelevant whether something is open or closed > source. Much of the "stuff" we buy today is created and sold in a one off > runs from China. Once produced it is sold at Walmart and few people care > how long it works, as long as it's cheap. For the few who care most stores > will do a "no questions asked" refund. And then the consumer is off to buy > another piece of junk. > > Open source projects are often created by a single individual , or a few > people, who care about creating a "thing". There is often no thought about > money, profit, or even maintaining the project. There are a few that gain > traction and in some cases change the world. I'm sure it's more than the few > projects that we have all listed in this thread that thrive. It's no > different than the stats above on business. Unless you can create something > that is useful and compel people to buy and use, the product will eventually > cease to evolve and the company will probably die. Many open source projects > reach maturity when the goals of the project are meet. Those project are > often abandoned... Not really that different from a business that no longer > innovates. > > This seems like a silly debate to continue demonizing one method or another. > Both methods are valid and are based of different motivations. And in > reality they are indifferent to our opinions... > > I think the question originally raised was as to the possibility of open > sourcing the older Elecraft code. My guess is that may not happen for a lot > of reasons. As long as Elecraft is doing well in business why would they > freely part with their intellectual property, I wouldn't. > > len > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to weave...@usermail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
