Julian G4ILO wrote:
VMWare may be free, but XP isn't. And expecting non Windows users to
jump through technical hoops and buy a Microsoft OS just to run a
firmware loader does not seem to me to be reasonable.
I wonder how many Mac or Linux users out there have not ordered a K3
yet because of this issue?
I wouldn't. I think the open spirit of Amateur Radio go hand in hand
with the open nature of the GNU principles of free software. Since Mac
OSX and Linux are both POSIX compliant UNIX, all we would need is some
simple command line program written in C to run from a terminal for the
firmware uploads.
I would not, presently, buy a radio that I could not at least upload
firmware with from my Linux box. I have been Windows free for the last
seven years.
Nick N2SVT
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