They're charging the $1K for the work they did in writing the libraries for
the PIC32mx.
A one-time support charge.

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
William "Chops" Westfield
Sent: November 8, 2007 11:46 AM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [PIC] Building C32 compiler from the GCC source code


On Nov 8, 2007, at 7:23 AM, Daniel Serpell wrote:

> [... about gcc for PIC32 ...]

So, given that gcc has had support for MIPS cpus for ages now, and is likely
to have or get support for any new MIPS core "soon", just what is it that
microchip is charging $1k+ for?

(I've noticed this disturbing trend with gcc, especially with ip cores
available from multiple silicon vendors.  Although gcc is touted as a
feature, and the letter of "open source" requirements seem to have been met,
actually putting together a working tool set for a particular chip seems to
take a lot of expertise.  Grr.)

BillW
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