>
>     HONESTY
>
>     Engineers are always honest in matters of technology and human
>     relationships.  That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away
>     from customers, romantic interests, and other people who can't handle
>     the truth.
>
>     Engineers sometimes bend the truth to avoid work.  They say
>     things that sound like lies but technically are not because nobody
>     could be expected to believe them. The complete list of engineer lies
>     is listed below:
>
>     "I won't change anything without asking you first." "I'll return your
>     hard-to-find cable tomorrow."
>     "I have to have new equipment to do my job." "I'm not jealous of your
>     new computer."
>
>
>--
>James Musselman
>President
>Radix/Cobalt Instruments, Inc.
>PO Box 897
>Clovis, CA 93612 USA
>tel 209-297-9000     fax 209-297-9400
>

James, you're also forgetting the lie:


"The Design is finished."


As for my comments regarding Microchip, after version 3.01.00 was released
by Microchip, I was having the problems with the GPF's in my system and I
was working with Microchip to understand what was happening.  The Microchip
engineers were very helpful and didn't act like my questions or problems
were my own fault, either due to ignorance or non-standard equipment.  After
getting through them and getting a working system (largely composed of
3.09.03), Darrell Johnson asked me if they would mind quoting from my thanks
to them.  I didn't have a problem with it.

I still don't.  I'm very impressed with the way Microchip supports their
products.  Like everybody, I can relate a whole bunch of horror stories
about getting support from various companies.  I have received timely and
patient help from Microchip, despite the fact that I am not a big customer
(We have only developed two applications for use at work and both have been
for test equipment).

Myke

Do you ever feel like an XT Clone caught in the Pentium Pro Zone?