Right. This would have to be a low-cost, public domain design where none of the participants made or lost money. A public service. We'll know in the next week if anyone else is prepared to join the bandwagon. -Shawn >I don't know how viable it is. It's just up to everybody else on the list. >If we can put together a "GNU Programmer" if you like. > >Another way would be to approach an existing manufacturer and ask if I >could >license an existing design for manufacture. However, I can not see them >being too keen, as our (hopefully) cheaper kits would erode into their >rgular sales. Also any royalty or upfront fee would drive up the final >price. > >Surely someone on the list has or can come up with an efficient (most chips >per dollar) design that could use existing software such as MPLAB that they >would be willing to contribute to such a project. > >Hell, we don't need to support it! The list is doing a fine job of >supporting a heap of programmers already! > >Regards, > >Sean > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu