In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, Peter Van der Zee wrote:

Hi Coco;

Firstly, I don't have a bad opinion of you because you are French.........it is because of the way you are critical of the very people ("bad manufacturer") who make and also provide and free support these chips.

As is their prerogative, the original designers of the SX product have gone on to bigger processors and other business models, and so the SX is now in the domain of Parallax. The cost of making a new 8 bit chip, or for that matter modifications to an existing one, is in the range of two to five million dollars, depending on complexity. That is a huge investment for anyone to make when there may be not sufficient call for the new features requested to justtify that level of development; after all, everyone also "wants it for cheap". If YOU have the money, then please proceed to make that investment, and if you dont, then please stop being critical of those who chose not to. 

As you say, there are lots of other chips with bigger and different features on the market, ARM, Philips, Freescale etc......go and use them.

As for me,  I love my SX.

Yes, criticism can be very useful if it is constructive; the destructive criticism you have been offering only creates bad feelings and contibutes nothing useful.

Bon-jour!

Peter (pjv)

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