On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 09:34 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Herbert Graf wrote: > > > > Except of course for those whom samples may be most useful (to both the > > person and to the company) for: hobbyists and students, neither of which > > have "sales reps" or "FAEs" in their address books. > > > > For students, there are other channels. Typically the school can contact > the local FAEs for help. Microchip is eager to be in the classroom. > For hobbyists, it is a bit problematic. But the I think students are more > important for Microchip's future. ;-) I strongly disagree with that statement. Hobbyists often ARE students. They simply are doing things that aren't controlled by the school. I never touched a PIC in school till my 4th year design project, before that all my work was "hobbyist". FWIW my school used motorola alot, everybody here knows how impossible it was for a hobbyist to get any motorola part at that time. Schools have their place, but to think that only school work affects future work is incorrect. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist