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The attempt of a Micsig (A/S)TO11xx general purpose thread ... :-)

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nctnico:

--- Quote from: Fungus on July 27, 2021, 09:48:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on July 27, 2021, 06:33:01 pm ---Would you give away your software for free?

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I would if my business was in selling hardware to run it and I was in a market where other players do supply updates with new features.

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Well, the fact is that the hardware costs peanuts to develop compared to the software. When you buy a piece of test equipment that needs a decent amount of software to run, you pay mostly for the software.

ebastler:

--- Quote from: nctnico on July 28, 2021, 05:59:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: Fraser on July 28, 2021, 04:42:37 pm ---From my experience, the products are developed to the point of providing the desired functionality and a decision is made to release the product to market

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MicSig doesn't work like that at all. When I bought my TO1104 they where very clear about what worked and which features they still planned to add.

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You mean, MicSig -- in contrast to what Fraser described -- intentionally released the product before it had the desired functionality? In your book, is that good or bad?  ::)

Fraser:
nctnico

I think you need to read  what I wrote again !

I clearly stated that from my SMALL insight into Chinese product development I saw such practices and at no point did I state that ALL Chinese manufacturers follow this development and production model. I did, however, state that I am happy with my ATO1102 and it is a well sorted product. Tell me where I made the generalisation of which you accuse me ?

Regarding the cost of hardware development ? I have no experience of this but your comments regarding firmware/software development further support the statements I made about a manufacturer needing to balance the cost of ongoing development against increased sales and resultant profit  :)

Fraser

MustardMan:

--- Quote from: nctnico on July 28, 2021, 05:59:12 pm ---... When I bought my TO1104 they where very clear about what worked and which features they still planned to add. In addition to that what they claimed was finished was finished. IIRC I have not been able to find one single bug despite thourough testing. Later on MicSig did add the features which where promised and they also work as advertised...

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IE: when Micsig sold the 'scope, it MET all the parameters they advertised. Later they released an upgrade which added functionality, but the upgrade also too MET all the parameters it claimed.

Not at all like has just been suggested:

--- Quote from: ebastler on July 28, 2021, 06:27:03 pm ---… in contrast to what Fraser described -- intentionally released the product before it had the desired functionality?...

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I too have lots of things I would like the Micsig scopes to do, but understand the costs involved and the tradeoff off of time/sales. I'm hoping that (unlike many Chinese companies) Micsig sees value in continuing a good product rather than starting on a new venture: essentially building up a brand known for specialising in a product, much like Tek & LeCroy did way back when.

Fungus:
Micsig also started giving existing owners free licenses for the serial decoders.

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