On Aug 20, 2005, at 6:51 AM, Byron A Jeff wrote:

> I think that chips manufacturers should provide compilers,
> assemblers, OS's and other software tools for free.
>
> The payment model is to sell chips.

Also keep in mind that most software these days IS close to
free by the standards of yesteryear.  $1000 for a C compiler?
Dwarfed by the cost of a programmer who can use it (even if
they're in India :-)  Miniscule compared to the dollar volume
of dsPic chips microchip wants you to buy...

Reminds me of those catalogs of DoD funded software that was
supposed to be free other than a "nominal distribution fee
and cost of media."  Some of it looked interesting enough to
investigate further - after all, it was free, right?  "How
much is the NDFaCoM?" "$1000"  Oh...

BillW

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