Lance Allen wrote:
>
> >
> > If you make it for $100 or less I will buy it... no... no... on
> > second thought, you would have to use an SX chip... I can't deal
> > with debugging PICs.
> >
>
> Am I the only one or are there other people out there that are sick of
> anti-PIC put downs on this PICLIST? Basically Im feed up with the
> smart arse comments from those reviling the PIC... get a life guys and
> a different LIST !

I'll bite.

You are probably not. It does not mean you are right (or wrong).
Mchip has the mid-end market by the short&curlies because of
unrealistic and blind brand-loyalty bordering on religion by some.

Mchip is screwing us over with their prices. You can say what
you like, but that burny feeling up your ass is the *fact*
that you are paying double for Mchip than for better AVR parts.
Instead of spin doctors and lawyers, Mchip should employ more
engineers.

Only by investigating other avenues, will this shitty attitude
change. I really like PICs, but they are not the only ducks in
the pond. If an engineer has a teary-eyed devotion to a particular
brand, he'd either be on your way to another career, or not be
doing his job.

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