[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 124, Issue 10

[Wayne Burdick]

We take input, review it, and implement features and fixes we think are best for customers overall, while not introducing unwanted side-effects. We manage this process very carefully. 

Open-source projects work a lot better if one has essentially unlimited code space, as with PC applications. This is not the case with the embedded processors used in compact, power-efficient transceivers.

Wayne


Ray Sills <raysills3 at verizon.net> wrote:

> HI Andrew:
> 
> Well, we all can have our opinions about "list priority"... but in the end, it's up to Elecraft (Wayne and Eric), with feedback from customers and employees.
> 
> With regard to Elecraft "open-sourcing" their firmware.... don't count on it.  Especially if you like to have the current level of support.  Let's see how Ten Tec fares with their open source rig.
> 
> As far as I can see, Elecraft is quite responsive to feature requests and bug fixes.  People often point to a -lack- of response from other manufacturers... including fixing -known- issues.  They just continue to make the same broken products.
> 
> In the end, things have been working quite well for Elecraft from a business perspective.  I doubt there would be any desire to change anything that "isn't broken" from their perspective, and from the perspective of most customers.
> 
> 73 de Ray
> K2ULR
> KX3 #211