While we are on the subject. I think Microchip should give us free chips to. I'm tired of waiting for my wife to tell me it's ok to buy more electronic gizmo's. J/K OK Jim -----Original Message----- From: Wouter van Ooijen To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [PIC]: PIC development STINKS! >> I say that PIC needs to offer free C compilers for their >> product, like some of their competitors, if they want to >> be #1! It was my understanding that Microchip set out >> to differentiate itself from its competitors by offering >> free development environments for its MCU's (like >> MPLAB). But today's toys are bigger, smarter, faster, >> and often times the level of abstraction that is offered >> by C is the preferable manner of doing things. So why >> dosen't Microchip continue their initiative of offering >> real, usefull development tools (LIKE A C COMPILER) for >> free? Its competitors sure do! It is my bet that they >> get kickbacks from HIGH TECH not to do this! > >Whenever I heard someone telling (shouting?) that X should be provided >(for free of course!) I get a bit uneasy feeling over me. If that >someone realy feels that way, why not get a (free!) C compiler (free >Eagle Light, free datasheet, free PC/Linux C compiler, freeDOS, free >...) and *write* that stuff you feel should be 'freely available'? BTW >this remark applies for X = compiler, design, FAQ, (beginners) manual, >etc. I'm sure James will gladly host whatever free stuff is produced! > >Wouter >(probably also speaking for a few other free-stuff-providers) > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics