>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 29 September 2005 15:37
>To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
>Subject: RE: [OT] Going to the dark side
>
>
>> >They don't want to sell their products for more than 1-2 years? 
>> >Wouter van Ooijen
>> 
>> The 8051 architecture is still one of the most popular 8 bit
>> microcontroller cores.  I spoke to an Atmal rep a few weeks 
>> ago who said that their sales of 8051 micros far outstrip 
>their AVR's.
>
>The OP stated that they switched to AVRs for new designs. AVRs 
>have a moderately bad reputation for being phased our 
>reqlatively soon (compared to for instance PICs). Hence I 
>joked that his employer probably did not want to sell his 
>products longer than a few years.

Yep, I see that now, I though you were refering to the 8051 :-)

Regards

Mike

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