All,

 Why is it that some people get mad because Microchip didn't write MPLAB
 the way they think it should have been written?  Or with the features
 they want?  Or the speed?  And on and on and on.

 In my opinion, Microchip is doing us a favor by supplying free development
 software.  Something they don't have to do.  But, after all, they are doing
 this from the goodness of their heart, hoping (I guess) that you will go
 on to HLL's and 3rd party stuff.  And as such, MPLAB may not be as good as
 some 3rd party software, but again, MPLAB is free.  3rd party software is
 not.  So from my point of view, MPLAB is an excellent piece of software
 considering it's free and readily available.   The 3rd party folks turn
 out excellent software and hardware, but they get a substantial premium
 for their hard work.  Something Microchip doesn't get (at least directly)
 from MPLAB.

 So my advice is either accept MPALB for what it is, or go and spend your
 money for something you do like and has the speed you're looking for.

 The bottom line I guess is... "What do you expect for free?"

                                         Regards,

                                           Jim






> Don't get me wrong, I like Microchip, and I like the way that they
> provide their development software for free.  But there are just a few
> things about MPLAB that really get to me.  I can ignore the small bugs,
> lackluster interface, and the fact Microsoft is developing 64 bit
> windows and MPLAB is still 16 bit. Such things are immaterial.
> (Hopefully v. 6.0 will be a big improvement.)  What I can't ignore is
> the poor performance of the simulator.  It seems to be intentionally
> lethargic!  Why must programs like SPEED.EXE be used as an accelerant?
> Is MPLAB sandbagged?  It consumes about 1% of the CPU's resources and
> idles the rest.  I though that Microchip might not expend much effort
> on MPLAB in the hopes that 3rd party developers would pick up the
> slack, but where are they?
>
> What do you think about this?
> -Mike
>
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