7 Aug
2006
7 Aug
'06
12:47 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
There was another choice,
Fairchild, with the 9440, but I never got further than "someone will call
you, someday". I gathered that they didn't want to be bothered with
something as mundane as sales.
I think even firms that *did* try to sell product were piss-poor
on follow-through.
You'd either get no callbacks.
Or, no *detailed* literature.
Or, crappy development tools.
Or, ridiculous lead-times.
Or, exhorbitant pricing.
Or, buggy parts...
(sigh) I wonder what it was like for many smaller firms
trying to do business for some of these parts? When you're
looking to buy 10K a year, they'll send out the actual
(chip) *designers* to pitch their parts (I've got an interesting
assortment of "jewelry" over the years... 68K tiepins, etc.).
If you're buying *100* a year, I wonder if they even acknowledged
your existence?
:-(
Amusing to see how many of them have folded or scaled back. :>