At 10:15 PM 12/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:22:06 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> >
> >> Microchip has a new C compiler for these chips. It was decribed as
> >> 'GNU-based', yet uChip plans to sell the compiler for some $800. IMHO
> >> that is a contradiction, if the GNU license realy applies they will sell
> >> only one! Funny: the documentation for the compiler had the GNU open
> >> documentation license in an appendix, but the normal Microchip copyright
> >> at the first page, and no note that the GDL applies.
>
>Maybe they are using a GNU compiler, but a Microchip proprietory
>code-generator/optimiser.
>
>One of these days a microcontroller maker will figure out that they might
>sell a lot more chips if
>they had a free or really cheap C compiler.

In the early days they used to charge more in real dollars for assemblers
than compilers cost today.

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