>Microchip's core business is to sell chips, not development tools.
>However they also can not give the software for free (that will not
>make HiTech, IAR, CCS and other third parties not happy). So a
>stripped down edition of C30 is a good choice like C18.

Oops. It should be "(that will not make HiTech, IAR, CCS and 
other third parties happy)." The third-party has contributed
a lot to Microchip's success and should not be abandoned.

I think Microchip is eager to push the 16-bit chips. There
will be more initiatives from Microchip to follow the release
of C30 student editions. For examples, more examples have
been released on Microchip's website.

Regards,
Xiaofan

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