On 2020-11-27 12:29:-0700, l...@ka7ftp.com wrote: >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.
There have been many good comments pro and con open source here...I am not sure how my comments came across...I am in favor of open source, and have produced open source material myself. My comments...and still my point of view...are more in line with the idea that stuff is rushed out the door. There is a cultural behaviour associated with this that is generally accepted, and is more in line with Len's comment re off shore manufacturing and big box distro, but is not limited to those. Rather, they describe an attitude and a behaviour that I disagree with. I was at a meeting a year ago where I chanced to discuss a proprietary $20k product with someone who was also using it. We both held the opinion that it was (is) an excellent example of extremely high tech delivered to market before its time. Another example that comes to mind is the DeLorme GPSR line. I have used them for years. When the line was bought by Garmin, I figured that I'd buy into the new company. After struggling for months, I returned the units to Garmin, and posted a lengthy review of the product. Their public reply was brief...that the product was not intended to replace the PN-60. Unfortunately, it didn't succeed at all, IMO. If you wanted primitive functionality and had no intention of using it at any sort of real (again, IMO) way, then it was a fine toy. At the time, all of the critical reviews of it were in line w mine. Positive reviews focused on superficial aspects. This is not a Garmin diatribe, nor is it current (they may have fixed all the deficencies _...it is simply an example of a company with deep pockets, in a mature field, rushing a product to market well before it was ready (perhaps 2 years). I just did a quick scan of reviews, and not much improvement. So the discussion for me is not open source v. proprietary...it is about the culture that has developed around much of the open-source AND proprietary markets. I don't think that we have addressed the issue completely here...rather a few different spot views. That includes my replies. I also don't think that we need to discuss it in depth here, because Elecraft is not open source, and many have made relevant comments already. I just don't want to leave the impression that I am opposed to open source... ______________________________________________________________ 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
