Lpc2000

At 02:59 PM 10/28/2005, Paul Curtis wrote:

>Richard,
>
> > I didn't think they list the sales price?
>
>$4.6M.  That's not a high valuation, unless there is something else.
>We'll see when the accounts come out.

Hmmm... I thought it says combined gross asset of $4.6M, not that they pay 
$4.6M. Paying $4.6M seems awfully low. I think the conventional wisdom is 
3-5x of annual sales...

> > Wow, may be we will do a 8051
> > compiler after all. This may create a vacuum on the 8051/C16x
> > toolchain space...
>
>Why?  ARM said they'll keep 8051 and C166 compilers on the go.

Sure..... and you believe that? Lets says it lasts for 2-3 years, then what?


> > See Paul, if only you have done a Thumb-2 compiler, they
> > might have bought you! :-)
>
>I don't believe so.  I don't think they wanted *another* compiler.  Put
>it this way, ARM have had a gig with Metrowerks and did the CodeWarrior
>thing to get an IDE, but now Metrowerks seems to be pulling out of the
>ARM game.  Then ARM bought in the RealView stuff (forget who they
>purchased that from) to replace the old ARM debugger.  They know their
>IDE is a bit crufty and needs a refresh, so perhaps that's why they
>purchased Keil?  From a distance, it just seems ARM's tool strategy is
>all bits and pieces.

No sh*t :-)

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