On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 05:19:56PM +0200, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> > Would the MPLAB to ICD2 interface help in developing ICD2
> > host software for Linux?
> 
> of course!
> 
> > Because as soon
> > as some 3rd party programmer doesn't work with MPLAB, customers will
> > be ringing up or E-mailing MCHIP to ask why it doesn't work. If I were
> > Mchip, that certainly wouldn't be a beneficial thing, considering that
> > MPLAB isn't a direct profit center for them.
> 
> They did open up the interface to 3d party compilers, which could cause
> them the same problem.

But MChip doesn't make money on software (C30 excluded). However I'm sure 
they are profiting from PicKit and ICD sales. I'm actually surprised that
they allow for an ICD clone market at all.

So releasing the interface spec becomes a dual edged sword. While it
will benefit Linux, won't it further erode the ICD2 market share?

BAJ
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