William Chops Westfield wrote:


> Um, I think I missed part of the discussion.  Is Parallax getting 
> fussy over basic-stamp-like machines?  They didn't seem too be for a 
> long time (to their credit), but perhaps they were entitled. 

Let me quickly put a stop to this before the rumors start. As far as 
I know Parallax has not changed their position on the basic stamp
technology. 

This thread started as a one sentence comment I put in a post I 
wrote last night in a longer item about virtual devices. The 
comment referred to stamp technology and was, 

    ãIt is a shame that so many companies have chosen 
     sell reverse engineered derivatives of those 
     products and discourage many creative developers 
     from promoting their ideas in hardware and 
     softwareä.(end of soapbox)


Bill, I agree with the last sentence of your comment that 
implies that Parallax has been very tolerant.

The opinions expressed were entirely mine. 

Walter Banks