On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:49 AM, David Painter <[email protected]>wrote:
> Just the usual FRS shambles then. > > I wonder how long it will be before your customers get so fed up with these > bovine manure announcements that one/some of them decide to make use of > whatever Consumer Legislation you have in the US. > And who would gain from that? Oh, the angry person who lashed out may feel better for having hurt Flex but I doubt it would do anyone else any good. I doubt it would make software flow any faster and probably would slow development down while the people involved in software development ended up spending time responding and preparing testimony. Just watched this scene play out in Belgium, with their CAA and the Russian Yak-52. Someone decided to be pissy and complain about a "problem" with fuel tanks, forcing the CAA to take official notice of what was a non-problem. Regardless, the airplanes were grounded. And when one country's CAA in the EU takes official notice, what do you think the rest of them do? No, I doubt that getting the government involved would be beneficial to anyone. Face it, Flex is still getting a handle on doing professional software development and they are doing it with a piece of software that has gone well beyond its design purpose. They have to develop the follow-on software (Deep Impact) that is intended to be expandable, while at the same time making PowerSDR more robust, reliable, and with a few more features, e.g. FM, VU5K, etc. So they have to strike a balance between working on PowerSDR and DI. They can't stop work on PowerSDR because it is going to take more than a year to get DI to the point where they can let it out for people to start testing with. But every person working on PowerSDR is someone who can't work on DI. Frankly, I wouldn't want to be in Gerald's or Steven's shoes. You know they have to be dancing as fast as they can. As a point, PowerSDR is fine for the 1500 and 3000. The software doesn't present any limits with these radios because they don't have the complex switching and multiple signal paths. But we can see the limitations of PowerSDR with the 5000. Regardless, in comparison to other radios out there, It is amazing just how well PowerSDR works with the entire line. So, accept it for what it is. Development on PowerSDR is going to take longer than people expect it would. That is the nature of that piece of software. Also, development of its replacement is a long-term project. It is probably not going to produce fruit for a year (or more). Disclaimer: I do not work for Flex Radio Systems. What I have written represents my guesses. Take them for what they are worth -- and they are worth every penny you paid for them. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) _______________________________________________ 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 beta versions of the software.
