There's no real business opportunity here. I wouldn't want to go against = Mouser and Digikey, who do in fact stock hundreds of thousands of different = components. ----- Original Message ----- = From: "alan smith" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [OT] a business opportunity ? was:Maxim IC frustration - hard = tofind components qty of what part? they have thousands. Of course they sample nice....gues= s = if everyone on the list requested samples time and time again....someone = could store them and keep a running inventory. BUT....thats ok for one off = designs, but not for production. Gus S Calabrese wrote: If Maxim is hell, why doesn't = someone step up and buy quantity to help out little developers ? Gus On 2006-Aug 07, at 05:05hrs AM, Olin Lathrop wrote: Anon wrote: > I don't know why Maxim makes it so difficult for small companies to > design with their components. Because they don't care. > I am developing a new consumer electronics product. Unfortunately, > I planned to use 4 Maxim chips that are hard to find in small > quantities (1-40). With the regular mention of Maxim small order problems here and elsewhere, it's totally amazing to me that anyone would still do this. This is just plain bad design. ****************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist Gus S Calabrese Denver, CO 720 222 1309 303 908 7716 cell Please include and do not limit yourself to "spam2006". I allow everything with "spam2006" in the subject or text to pass my spam filters. -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ = countries) for 2=A2/min or less. -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist