At 06:11 29/06/99 +0200, you wrote:
>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.


Big bite there Tjaart,
Nice triangular style to the writting there too.
Now it is my turn to byte.
I was quite OK until the last paragraph, Who's attitude is needed to be
changed?
Ducks int the pond, humm in Austrialia that meens women in the sheering shed!

As for the particular brand issue, have you tryed to change some engineers
from Motorola to other brands? Yes I know all the arguments, but often it
is time to market that is the issue, and the time to learn a new processor
costs. OK so I know that you will argue that it only takes a week to get
onto a new processor and arounf 3weeks to learn most of the tricks. That
can cause trouble in that you will often over specify the processor
required and thus increase the cost.

Anyway Tjaart are ypu going to provide a shelter for all the out of work
engineers that would be out of work if they got stuck with your bite?
Perhpas something the size of Australia will do??? :)

Bitting stopped

Dennis


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