[Elecraft] RS232 interface

[Phil Wheeler]

Jim,

I agree and disagree.

> vendors who steal designs ought to be condemned. 
> Behringer established a reputation for doing 
> that a decade or so ago, and the pro audio 
> community condemned them (as did at least one 
> court). 
Yes they should be condemned and punished.
> Those who buy cheap stuff from unknown vendors 
> should not be surprised when it turns out to be 
> stolen or junk. Elecraft sells USB to serial 
> interface cables of known good quality. The real 
> stuff usually does cost more than junk. 
Punishing unknowing customers -- and most will not 
know they bought items with these problems, since 
vendors of good repute occasionally make mistakes 
and most of us cannot track the source of each 
chip in a product -- is just plain wrong-headed of 
FTDI. May they suffer the consequences to their 
reputation.

73, Phil W7OX