> Actually, the big problem with motorola is that they are the biggest
> consumers of their own chips. When anything even looks like threatening
> their production, guess if they will opt for selling you a chip ($) or a
> motorola mobile phone or pager ($$), PBX ($$$) etc.

You mean, exactly like Microsoft, who is making OSes (er..), Compilers,
and whatever else it is, that its customers make with it's tools, at half
the price, and even offers to upgrade Borland C compilers to M$ C++ 6.0
automatically ? This world is definitely much more interesting than I
thought.  Needs more study. ;)

Peter

PS: Sorry, I could not resist. Riding sharks has always been an
interesting sport (when watching from far off). ;)