On Thu, 14 May 1998 06:34:36 -0600, you wrote:

>If Microchip were to get together with another company, I would PIC
>MAXIM. I love MAXIM's customer support and samples. 
No way! Maxim do some nice stuff, but I've found it's usually too
expensive to use in volume products, and you can't get production
parts at sensible leadtimes. 
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