[Elecraft] K4 Shipping Delay

[Walter Underwood]

One of the Python developers observed that when the test suite passes,
it doesn’t mean that Python is bug-free. It means that the test suite is
insufficient.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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> On Jan 16, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Gwen Patton <ardrhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Murphy's Law of Cybernetic Entomology says: "There's always one more bug."
> So "bug-free" is impossible.
> 
> Gwen, NG3P
> 
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:50 PM rich hurd WC3T <rich at wc3t.us> wrote:
> 
>> In the computer programming world, it's "bug free, cheap, or on time."  :)
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:25 PM Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> "Good, Fast, Cheap"** ... choose two.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
>>> Sparks NV DM09dn
>>> Washoe County
>>> 
>>> **Said to a Marine BG.  He chose Good & Cheap.  We declined to bid
>>> 
>>> On 1/15/2020 8:18 PM, Terry Brown wrote:
>>>> I am one of those far down the list in the first shipping group.  When
>> I
>>> read the notice from Eric and Wayne, about the new shipment dates for the
>>> K4,  I was reminded of a comment from my builder a year and a half ago
>> when
>>> our new house was about 4 months behind schedule.
>>>> 
>>>> He said, we could have finished your house on time but it would have
>>> been finished by subcontractors who don’t provide the quality we insist
>>> on.  Besides, and this is the important part regarding the K4, he said,
>> “ I
>>> know you are frustrated,  but the day you move in and can begin to enjoy
>>> the quality of your home as long as you live here, the delay won’t mean
>>> anything.”
>>>> 
>>>> He was absolutely right.   When I walk around my new home and look at
>>> how well it’s made and the incredible quality of the finish work, the
>> delay
>>> is meaningless.   We all who are anxiously awaiting the K4, will feel the
>>> same way once it arrives at our homes.    Besides, it will be a better
>> more
>>> refined radio in May than it would have been if shipped now.
>>>> 
>>>> 73,
>>>> 
>>>> Terry, N7TB
>>>> 
>>> 
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