Change is not bad - unreliable software is... Frankly, to put something into Beta stage which has many non functional modules implies that they are trying to push it through no matter what. And probably they do not have a big software development team to keep up with the demand. I thought Hitech has a MacOS X version? Would not it be easier to take that one over rather than developing a brand new Java based one? Tamas On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, cdb wrote: > > > :: why change if not necessary. > > We were told this was partly due to Windows 7 being (and I quote) > 'considered unstable, and caused driver problems', Microchip only use XP > internally so they said. I would imagine part of it is an attempt to > satisfy the growing number of Linux and Mac users. > > Colin > -- > cdb, colin@btech-online.co.uk on 29/10/2010 > > Web presence: www.btech-online.co.uk > > Hosted by: www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3D7988359 > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D"int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D%s%s%s, q=3D%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=3D%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", q=3D"\"",s,q,q,a=3D"\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .