Lpc2000

Hi, 

> Arm has previously submitted code to gdb. Do you think they 
> will opensource the keil compilers, or better still, move its 
> code to the current armgcc?

You gotta be smokin' crack if you even think this would happen.  ARM
funds GCC development via CodeSourcery
http://www.codesourcery.com/gnu_toolchains/arm/ which is enough to have
an almost-free toolset for their customers.

> I hope they do. If everyone working on arm cores can produce 
> more efficient code, this will give arm's cores a sales 
> boost.

ARM needs a thriving 3P network to continue the momentum.  Also, don't
underestimate exactly how much ARM makes from software tool sales--just
look at their accounts.  From ARM's perspective, new licensees are good
business, but there's no way they'll turn off the tap by open sourcing
something they paid $4.6M for and butchering their healthy tools
sales--it'd be like cutting their own throat using a knife they paid
for.

--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd  http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, AVR and now MAXQ processors