I'd agree very much with Bob.  In my company it would take a week just to 
get approval for the $7.50.  It's not that I wouldn't get it but it's a 
hassle.  If it's free I don't have to deal with requisitions and approvals 
etc.

>> I very much doubt the $7.50 charge lost Microchip any design wins, it 
>> might
>> have lost them some hobbyist/students who might one day be real 
engineers
>> responsible for design wins, pretty speculative and we don't know how 
>> badly
>> their sample service was being abused.
>
>Not the charge, it is the hassle. Again, especially in big companies.

-- Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

Bryon
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