Heh, Sipex has that beat;  they finally sampled some silly linear regulators
to me 5 months after I requested them...  TI had them to me over a
weekend...(samples out of digikey.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ishaan Dalal" <izx@XIZX.NET>


> > ahhh yes....yet another reason NOT to design in Maxim parts.  I don't
even
> > bother looking at thier stuff anymore at all.
>
> I perhaps snipped out too much of the original post. My comment was re
> National Semiconductor, who now have the worst sample policy in the
> industry, only a shade above not offering samples at all. Maxim is OK,
only
> their delivery time (I'm on the East Coast) isn't all that good (~7-10
> business days). The other thing I hate is that they don't let you know if
a
> part is temporarily out of stock and will be shipped later -- I ordered a
> sample of some NVSRAM --- didn't arrive for 2 months!

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