Two questions, Brian, and with my tongue only slightly in my cheek. 1. How do you sort the genuinely clueful people from those who are merely persuaded that they are clueful? I'm quite sure that in software development, as in all areas of human endeavor, the latter generously outnumber the former. 2. Where does consultation with the end users figure into this? All of us who are non-IT people are wayyyy too familiar with, "Don't bother us with what you want; we'll tell you what you are going to get." My beloved spouse (a PhD in quantum information theory) and I have been round and round about that.
Of course, if the initiatives under discussion are merely for the entertainment and edification of the would-be developers, then neither of my questions is particularly relevant. Bill KJ4SLP On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Brian Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Simon HB9DRV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With any luck I'll have a non-VAC (soundcard) interface with DM780 which > > I'll be using with my own software for SDR transceiver support. > > > > This should not be part of a SDR console, it must be a separate program > > tightly coupled with the SDR console. My plan is to run a SDR console on > > one > > PC and the digital mode software on a second PC with the second PC > (DM780) > > driving the SDR console on the first PC. > > > > Sounds like a good starting point. > > > > > > Herding cats is easier than getting Hams to develop to a common modern > > standard. > > > > That is right but that is the way that it is in almost any standard > development process. First you have to get the clueful people in same room > (figuratively -- email lists work) and then you have to let natural > selection and attrition take place. Eventually you end up with about 1-5 > clueful people doing the work. Here is one of the most important rules of > this process: > > Never, NEVER, *NEVER* try to seek consensus. > > Seeking consensus doesn't work because the non-clueful people will feel a > need to provide way too much counter-productive input. If an idea is good > it > will quickly become obvious to the clueful. > > > > Summary: this summer DM780 will work with my own console at almost any > data > > rate via a published interface. > > > > You are on the right track. Do what you think is best and then show people > what you have done and ask for comments. > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > [email protected] > +1.931.492.6776 > (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using alpha and beta versions of the software. > -- The proportions and relations of things are just as much facts as the things themselves. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using alpha and beta versions of the software.
