[Elecraft] Elecraft Utilities

[Don Wilhelm]

Dave,

What is the "profit center"?
Elecraft provides the firmware at no cost, and the Utilities to load 
that firmware at no cost to the customer - that is an expense, not a profit.
Additional support is a loss to Elecraft because of the development 
dollars.  The Raspberry Pi (and its variants) element is small compared 
to supporting the mainstream OS Utility applications.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/8/2016 7:00 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-04-08 at 15:33 -0700, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
> wrote:
>>   Improper use of that proprietary interface can certainly brick the
>>   radio, and in some cases actually damage the hardware.
>>   That's something that would not be a warranty repair..
> You might be overlooking a profit center here...  <snicker>.
>
> Sorry I had too...
>