I don't understand the w(h)ine level here ..... I believe that I would do what I had to to be able to use one of the best radios on the band. Even if it was an old laptop or PC for that purpose only. Or .... I would not let a cheap PC & OS keep me from owning a K3.
73 Hank K8DD Nick Lidakis wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > -- --- If God intended you to be on single sideband, he would have given you only one nostril. - Steve, K2PTS (SK) --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elecraft_K3/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elecraft_K3/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
