I think your logic is wrong here.

Should *I* have refused to go to the PDP-11 class
25 years ago, just becuse PDP-11's might not be used
25 years later ?

Should *I* have refused to go to the VAX/VMS class
15 years ago, just becuse VAX's might not be used
15 years later ?

Of course not !

(And I'm still consulting on VMS. b.t.w, and there are
still some PDP-11's running in the process industry...)

Learning PIC's isn't a decision for your life time. It's
rather a quite small part of your overall competence. If
not, you are in *real* trouble :-)

Jan-Erik.

Mike Singer wrote :

>I was trying to figure out how embedded world will
>develop, because I need to choose strategical direction
>to invest my time in.
>
>I'm afraid PIC-class microcontrollers will have no place
>in the future. Even clothing iron will have cheapest
>FPGA or CPLD loaded with some IP - processor and Win CE
>over it :-) I do not state this, I just am afraid this
>could happen. And some sunny morning suddenly I'll
>find out all my time-investments in PIC-class things
>will get useless.
>
>What should I do now: dig deeper in microcontrollers,
>or develop some PC software for my living and mess
>with all these MS embedded XP, Win CE and single board
>computers just for fun, waiting for they defeat
>microcontrollers?
>
>This devilish redundancy of FPGA, CPLD and CE, will it
>kill microcontrollers in the future or not?
>
>Mike.

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