> I'm sure Microchip made a decision based on business realities. At some > point, you make the decision that the cost of maintaining support exceeds > the business losses caused by disaffected customers > This is always the case, and will always be the case. I'm pretty annoyed > that the old version of PageMaker that I have loved so long no longer > The time will come for ICD2, ICE2000, ICE4000, and on and on. > And that's how it is ... Well, that's how the big picture is. On an individual basis there's often no need to abandon a working product. It's why I keep a Win95/98 PC so I can contiuue using older, proven, versions of s/w and h/w (for exarmpit my perfectly good scanner hasn't got XP drivers) that I'm well-used to. Specifically wrt to Microchip, of course I also have XP/MPLAB7 for latest release devices -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist