In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, George Herzog wrote:

Frankly, I won't convert to Propeller.  Why so? Both the SX and the Propeller are great chips on their own for the learner.

I still have a tube of 25 SX18s and 5 Propeller 40pin DIPs. But I haven't fully mastered either.  There are years of creative knowledge in the examples.

Recently I am restudying the SX28 RTOS as it really is a goodie and nothing like what is done in the Propeller hardward.
But on other days, I am delving into Hydra game programing, which is a souped up Propeller.

I do realize that the SX may just not have the market or the right legal environment to continue. It is sad how often laywers bully Americans into so many nonsensible choices.  But I am sure that Parallax will find another platform and venue to teach us more if the SXes are gone.  

As I said above - there are other chips that Parallax can press into production if it chooses to do so.  Some have CANbus build it and 8 ADC pins.  Much of Parallax's magic is in the IDE, the documents,  and support -- not the chip.  If you are not a Geek, Parallax will help you become a Geek.  Other sites just presume that their customers were born Geeks and understand it all.

You can offer to swap out the hardware, but in truth I am thinking I had better buy a second SXKey for safe keeping and maybe a couple of dozen SX28s in a DIP package.

Now if you were telling me the BOE Bot was going out of productions, I'd be shocked beyond belief.  That is the heartbeat of Parallax.

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