>..Just dismissing it is not fair, not for Freescale because they
> can take care of them self's, but to all off us.

Reminding others and keep reminding others of what and who 
Freescale/Motorola were, I think is doing a big favor for all uP 
developers - freescale users or not.

First it caps the growth of Freescale if there is any so they would not 
run into supply problem like before.

Most importantly, it give a strong signal to all the uP producers that 
protecting and helping to protect the investments made by the developers 
on their chips should be one of their important objectives.  Rebranding 
does not help.

On the other hand, accepting the ditching exercise on developer is 
directly or indirectly encouraging Freescale and all other uP producers 
to ditch their developers on the very first instant their next chip 
passes their beta test.

Ling SM
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