??? 01/27/11 08:10 Read: times |
#180835 - Common that consultants have commercial compilers Responding to: ???'s previous message |
I would expect a large percentage of consultants doing 8051 work professionally to have either Keil or IAR in their tool set. Maybe not the same version as used when a product was originally designed, but at least a recent license.
For ARM development, I have used the expensive Keil compiler in situations where a customer may potentially have to buy a similar license. But we have then been talking about an important product for them, where I have considered the capabilities of the tool to be very important, significantly affecting delivery times or quality of their product. The normal critique when talking Kail is normally not the price of their compilers, but the price they charge if you want some of their libraries (networking, RTOS, USB, CAN, ...) with full source. |