That's out of the question, you will pay more after this combination. What's the purchase for? More profit and revenue. Who is going to pay? End users, you and me. I am not excited for this marriage at all, less competition means worse product and higher price in the future. Funny N. Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com ________________________________ From: Giant Panda To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:56:51 AM Subject: Re: [PIC] Microchip purchased HI-TECH It's great if we can got the free version of Hi-tech. :) On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:31 PM, solarwind wrote: > > > Very good news. I hope their compiler set becomes unified and optimized. > > > > PICC is not bad actually, the question is if the free version will have the > optimisation restriction on it? > > Tamas > -- > Rudonix DoubleSaver > http://www.rudonix.com > -- > 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 -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist