> Other companies that make it easy to use their products because the
> prices and method of getting products are good:
> - Maxim IC

I must agree their sampling is generous, but where cvan I actualy buy
lets say 100 of those wonderfull chips?

> But I guess what matters more are the companies that seem too big for
> themselves to make products that are easy to learn about and obtain.
> Here is the list of companies that I avoid:
>
> - Motorola
> - Cypress
> - Philips
> - too many others to name

I agree with Motorola on the black list. I am not so sure about Philips,
lots and lots of the common no-brand chips and transistors that I buy
turn out to be Philips. But maybe that's because I am in Europe.

Wouter van Ooijen

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