I understated my previous post a bit. All of the TOP 500 supercomputers run a derivaion of an open source operating system per the wikipedia page.
73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Nov 27, 2020, at 15:26, weave...@usermail.com wrote: > > > 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
