>> Years and years ago when I was developing WISP and the first
>> steps of Jal (I was still just a hobbyist then) I got a free
>>  PS+ and some samples from uChip

> Wow, a free PS+, that was quite generous.

Hmm.  I wonder whether whether Wouter has "moved up in the world"
and is expected (as an established vendor of PICs and PIC development
tools) to simply ask for development resources if he needs or wants
them?  I know that the first time I ordered samples from microchip,
I very shortly received a phone call from cisco's microchip rep,
introducing herself and asking whether I needed any additional
help or resources, whether I needed the samples hand delivered
RIGHT NOW, and so on.   I explained that my interest in PICs was
as a hobbyist rather than for a cisco project, and I think we have
a comfortable "understanding" these days, but it was an interesting
experience, and I'm pretty sure if I were to actually work on a
project involving a PIC I'd be able to get all sorts of free
development tools...

Now, Wouter isn't cisco, but then cisco isn't an "ambassador for
microchip" the way Wouter is either, and I would think that a word
in the right ear would get him dsPIC development tools aimed at
better support for them in WISP and/or JAL.  Finding the right
ear might be a bit difficult, though (like, I wouldn't know how
to find cisco's microchip rep if she weren't on top of things...)

BillW
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