[Elecraft] K4 Radio Update

[Dave Cole]

Hi Bill,

Hopefully Elecraft will be speedy with updates, I am sure they will be, 
as they have a superb history of support,

The security aspect was my concern-- freezing the OS is bad, and I doubt 
they will do that.

This however now brings up the question of what happens if Elecraft goes 
out of business.  Hopefully not, but it has to be looked at...

They could then Open Source the code for the rig at that point...  Maybe 
put the source in escrow now, against that eventuality, and keep the 
escrow updated with current code...

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 12/6/20 4:53 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> It is a really poor idea to freeze an OS that is connected to the public 
> Internet. You need to keep up on the security updates. (Ditto for 
> Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD to mention several.)
> 
> 73 Bill AE6JV
> 
> On 12/6/20 at 7:36 PM, cyaffey at gmail.com (Carl Yaffey) wrote:
> 
>> Hmmm. Not sure why they don’t “freeze” the version of Linux that they 
>> have for now.
> 
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