Of course the Orion firmware is not and probably never will be open
source. But it sure doesn't cost Orion users very much!
Tommy - W4BQF
At Tuesday 06:12 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote:
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> > SDR-1000 is a big plus with few negatives. You get faster
> > development (more man-hours of development and test), faster
> > bugfixes, and lots of creative exchange among users &
> > programmers all for minimum cost to the manufacturer. TT and
> > other vendors, take note!
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>By definition, the "value" of an SDR is going to be in the software, and not
>in the diminishing number of hardware bits that front-end it. Software, as
>protected Intellectual Property (IP), is where the value is. I agree that
>there's value in open source. It's a place for experimentation and
>innovation. Ultimately, it's value-less if it's free, and that puts SDR
>vendors out of business unless the open source eventually becomes closed and
>proprietary, and therefore has value as IP.
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>Flex is using open source (read that as free volunteer written software) to
>add value to their hardware modules. You get half a radio at something more
>than half the price, and for now the entire back-end part of the radio is a
>PC, soundcard, and free software. As Flex's "half" shrinks where are they
>going to make a dime? The user community isn't suddenly going to be happy
>about having to shell out several $000 for the FlexPRO software release, but
>if that doesn't happen, the Flex will forever be a tinkerer's radio, even if
>an interesting and fun one ....
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>Grant/NQ5T
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