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MW Ron wrote:
> In article <7q6dnekiBL9-4PXfRVn-jQ@comcast.com>,
>  Michael Forster <mforster@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>I converted over to CodeWarrior when CW was at DR2.  I converted from 
>>the Symantec product because of service (Symantec's service did not 
>>exist), even though Symatec's Think C product was quite incredible at 
>>the time.  However, there are several simularities between Symantec then 
>>and Metrowerks now.  Gradually sell of products to other companies, 
>>delay releases, introduce products and then discontinue them. 
>>Metrowerks was great because they were expanding, they were innovative, 
>>created things we were hard pressed to find anywhere else and above all, 
>>they had the best service and responsiveness around.
>>
>>Now they are contracting from markets.  The handwriting is on the wall. 
>> This is a dying company.  They have ceased to innovate and create new 
>>products.  They are no longer hungry.  The board of directors and 
>>financial people, most likely, guide the ship the way lawyers guide 
>>doctors.  They have gone down the road of so many companies before and 
>>have traded a target of success for a target of no risk and abandon the 
>>very people that they used to serve so well.
> 
> 
> This is not about greed.  We are owned by a Semiconductor company that 
> isn't Intel,  you are missing that part of the equation.    We sold our 
> Intel x86 technology, we make compilers for Freescale chips now.
> 
> Ron
> 

Regardless of what the reason is, greed, good business, bad economy, it 
is definitely a sad day to loose my IDE/toolset of choice for Windoz. 
The current batch of tools from MS just don't cut it when working with 
the types of projects we have.  We will use it in its current 
incarnation until the tools no longer properly support the platform. 
This means that I must begin the search for a replacement since it is 
doubtful that we can continue for much longer without updates and better 
support for 64 bit chips as the new 64 bit OS's become more prevalent.
Thanks for all that has gone before.  I just wish it could have continued.

Michael Forster