Lpc2000

derbaier wrote:

>--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Curtis" <plc@r...> wrote:
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>>RDI is open in the sense that it's "open to all those that pay the
>>entrance fee."  I find it hard to call that "open."
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>>--
>>Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd  http://www.rowley.co.uk
>>CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, AVR and now MAXQ processors
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>I can appreciate your point of view, but 'open' in the standards sense
>has never been the same as 'free'.  So you may find it hard to call it
>'open', but that difficulty does not alter the fact that anyone who
>wants to can support the standard.
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As long as they pay the Gatekeeper fee and sign a non-disclosure, then 
it is "open" to them, right?

heh, interesting logic.

TomW

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