>http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051128/20051128005031.html?.v=1
>Microchip Technology Announces C Compiler and Free Student-Edition 
>C Compiler for All 70 16-bit PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC(R) DSCs
>Monday November 28, 8:00 am ET
>MPLAB(R) C30 Version 2.0 Provides Industry-Leading Code Efficiency and 
>Cost-Effective, ANSI-Compliant Option for Writing C or Mixed C and 
>Assembly Code Modules 

Wonderful. So they are really listening to feedback to
release the free Student-Edition. Quite some time ago
in the discussions of "dsPIC for hobbyists", Wouter and
others mentioned this as a good option for Microchip.
That is why I like Microchip. 

Regards,
Xiaofan
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