At 06:34 AM 5/14/98 -0600, you wrote:
>If Microchip were to get together with another company, I would PIC
>MAXIM. I love MAXIM's customer support and samples. In addition, I
>recently had an experience with an AD device that I tried to interface
>to for several days. Finally, in frustration, I ordered a MAX186 from
>Digikey and had it working flawlessly in a matter of hours.

I love their sampling policy too, and speed of sample delivery. However,
their lead times (take note!) for ordering have been pretty horrendous (17
weeks on one part, 12 weeks on another). So as long as the partnership
includes Microchip's lead times...

C. Webb