[time-nuts] Releasing sources (was Re: Brooks Shera)

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Thu Mar 28 17:01:02 EDT 2013


Yes they do seem inexpensive at $139. I looked at some pix on e### and its
not clear what port the 10 Mhz comes out of. There is a BNC on the back
thats labeled BIT. Built in test.
But that doesn't make much sense.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Bob Camp <lists at rtty.us> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thunderbolts may make a comeback one of these days. Who knows what's
> sitting waiting to be scrapped out.
>
> At the risk of running up the price - the Trimble EBSCTM's are as good as
> a TBolt, and at the moment cheaper. They do lack a pps output, but 10 MHz
> seems to be the more popular output on the TBolt. For NTP use, they have a
> bunch of 1/2 pps (pulse every other second) outputs.
>
> Bob
>
> On Mar 28, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Some times a project will "take off" when the number of users reaches
> > a critical mass.  There are many Open Source projects where the
> > initial creator is long gone but the project lives on.    How to get a
> > project to that stage?  First off you need numbers of users put allso
> > you need some kind of communications forum like this one where the
> > uesrs can help each other.  In other words you need to build a
> > community around the project.
> >
> > With the Thunderbolts getting more expensive we might see interrest
> > agin on home brew GPSDOs.  A comunity could ddevelope about these.
> > That would be the goal of every Open Source author, to get out of the
> > job of support and pass that job on to the community.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:16 AM, NeonJohn <jgd at neon-john.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 03/25/2013 09:36 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
> >>
> >>> One reason is that if one DOES release source, one will wind up
> >>> supporting it, because generally, we all nice people and helpful, and
> >>> it's hard to tell someone no when they send an email asking how to get
> >>> it to compile on Version N+3 when you used version N, etc.  This can be
> >>> a real distraction from whatever else you are doing.
> >>
> >> Boy, you can say that again.  And open source hardware is even worse.  A
> >> couple of years ago I put up an open source induction heater on my site.
> >> Everything included - schematics, board layouts, CAD files, theory of
> >> operation, how to wind the transformer - in short, everything I could
> >> think of.  There's even a kit available from Fluxeon.com.
> >>
> >> Yet I probably spend an hour a day responding to emails about that
> >> project.  Approximately 100% of the questions are either answered on my
> >> site or by a little googling.  It's getting to be enough of a burden
> >> that I'm considering taking the page down.
> >>
> >> I'm a dedicated supporter of Open Source but this experience has
> >> tempered my enthusiasm a bit.
> >>
> >>> And then there's the folks who argue with you about your implementation
> >>> or coding style.
> >>
> >> Or electrical design style.  I think that the people who want to argue
> >> design, especially "what if I did this?" type arguments are more
> >> tiresome than the software know-it-alls.
> >>
> >> People need to really think and do their Google homework before hitting
> >> the email button on a project site.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> John DeArmond
> >> Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
> >> http://www.fluxeon.com      <-- THE source for induction heaters
> >> http://www.neon-john.com    <-- email from here
> >> http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net
> >> PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77
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