It must have been annoying to Flex to spend so much money on software R&D only
to have the fruits of their labor used to sell competitor's hardware.
Jon
On Nov 3, 2014, at 11:50 AM, HamOperator wrote:
> I understand Flex went proprietary with software development because previous
> versions sucked, and hams did not step up to improve it under the open
> license arrangement. More often hams borrowed and adapted it to run other
> SDRs, instead. One reliable source tells me Flex will spend as much as half
> its R&D time improving the software, and I think that is the key to its
> future success.
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> On 11/3/2014 10:09 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
>> Agree with Rick and Ron. I'm concerned whether the smaller radio
>> manufacturers can muster the programming resources for an SDR offering.
>> We're talking man years of development effort. That's one reason Flex went
>> proprietary with the new 6K series.
>>
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