Niklas Wennerstrand wrote: > If AVR is claming things that is not true time after time I do not blame Micro chip to write something to their defence. In this truth.pdf file there are both god and bad things about the PICmicro and my view is that it is written in a obj ective manner. The Microchip "Truth" article is full of implications that Atmel have been makin g incorrect claims, If you *actually read* the AVR data sheets properly you w ill understand that Atmel people at AVR seminars telling bad things about the PI C are telling you not because of low self esteem, but because their R&D team have come up with a very threatening competitor to PIC in the mid-high rang e field. Many people are highly resistant to progress and treasure their first microcontroler brand and early code as a child clings to a teddy bear. Natural ly Atmel will point out their competitor's weak points and naturally Scenix, Atmel and Microchip will likely be leapfrogged by others later in the se arch for the ultimate low cost micros. Keep an eye out for DSP price reduction s. > I have Heard AVR seminars where they talked bad about the PICmicro instead of concentrate on their own products. If someone is telling bad things about their competitor they probably don have much self-esteem. Some people like the AVR and some the PICmicro, so why argue and why just don't leave it at that. > I like the PICmicro and that's why I'm on this PIC mailing list. > Regards > Niklas Niklas, it was you who brought up the subject of Microchip's "Truth.pdf", I a lso like the PIC micro; the difference between us is that I have actually tried out the AVR series and now like AVR better. When I first read the "truth" arti cle it looked basically correct and not overly biased, now I have the experience to completely reverse my early opinion. regards, PICnMOTnSTnAVRnZILOGnALTERAn Graham Daniel. > > > Niklas Wennerstrand wrote: > > > > > I have stumble on a pdf file on the new Microchip CD-ROM under Download\li t\truth.pdf > > > This is a comparison between the AVR and the PIC if any one is interested. > > > Regards > > > Niklas > > > > I've read it, it's a very misleading document. The very fact of it's exis tence > > indicates that uChip consider Atmel to be a major threat. > > > > I just looked at again and now that I have actually worked with the Mega, 12 00, 2313, > > 8515, 8535 and 8533, I can tell you from experience that most of the above " TRUTH.PDF" is > > absolute male bovine fecal matter. <>