[Elecraft] Firmware development

[weaverwf at usermail.com]

True, while the core of the system, not the device drivers and higher level applications are open.

73,
Bill WE5P

Comfortably Numb

> On Nov 27, 2020, at 16:10, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The phrase "run a DERIVATION of an open source operating system" is key.
> 
> It is just a basis for their software.  I would bet not a one of them would open up the full source code used on their hardware.  They might reveal which open source operating system they based their software on, but not the details of how it interacts with hardware and other software.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 11/27/2020 3:38 PM, weaverwf at usermail.com wrote:
>> I understated my previous post a bit. All of the TOP 500 supercomputers run a derivaion of an open source operating system per the wikipedia page.
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