Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
> > I am just a satisfied customers. I do not think I have the ability
> to influence Microchip. It is to their business interests to do this.
>   
Well, sure.  I didn't say they are not following their business 
interests. :-)  I sure hope not -- I still own some of their stock!  But 
sometimes it takes someone "on the ground" to call to their attention to 
just how their business interests are best served.  Without (hopefully) 
going into any sort of extended discussion, I would venture to say that 
(a) Microchip has great hopes for the Asian market, and (b) they are 
looking for their local representatives over there to steer them right.  
Their local representatives, in turn, are going to be influenced by 
their prime customers.  So someone who is informed, articulate, and not 
afraid to speak his (or her) mind to a local representative has a far 
greater influence than one would think.  Believe me, a company like 
Microchip is driven by the marketing division.  Whether  this is a good 
thing or not is another matter, of course, and is a good discussion in 
it's own right.  But not here and now now.

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