Olin Lathrop wrote:
>> I think they are in a kind of trouble though:
>>
>> Atmel Announces Sale of Manufacturing Operation in Heilbronn, Germany
>
> I'm surprised the Microchip announcement was rather clear that the Atmel
> line would be supported.  I think it would have been smarter of them to 
> look
> like they were paying luke warm lip service to supporting Atmel parts if 
> the
> acquired the company, then let some rumors leak that they would in fact
> ditch the product line quickly.  That would scare new designs away from
> Atmel, driving the price of the company down, making it even easier for
> Microchip to acquire them.  Then the acquisition would just be to ensure 
> no
> other microcontroller company could acquire them and breath new life into
> the Atmel line.

Olin, have you considered writing the modern-day version of "The Prince"? 
;-D

Vitaliy 

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