Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Kuenz Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Qualcomm in talks to acquire NXP Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 15:12:43 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <20161003a@crcomp.net> References: <72cdf09b-7114-4154-b190-948443abe513@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 15:12:43 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="f382fc38202fd69c4a696a235c42d747"; logging-data="29753"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Cm3gkPURf78DbIrJPI9ce" Cancel-Lock: sha1:K9edv/iLxC4vOhBZFgpgB/plcJk= Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:430202 Winfield Hill wrote: > John Miles, KE5FX wrote... >> >> PSA: if anyone does need a Q3236 for anything, >> you can get a better version of it from Peregrine: >> http://www.psemi.com/pdf/app_notes/an09.pdf . >> >> I like Peregrine. They haven't sent me any bullshit >> DMCA notices lately, and they make neat stuff. > > But dammit, they lock their datasheets. I couldn't > copy and paste their PE3236 part number to get more > info. Nor could I paste to modify the an09.pdf file > name to better identify what it was in my computer. > The sooner these idiot blokes get the message that > locking datasheets is counterproductive, the better > off everybody will be. If that ever happens. > > Sheesh!!!! There's neither a file name nor a copy and paste lock on unix. OTOH Foxit on Windows tells me "Sorry, copying text from this document is not allowed." Now that's just the sort of provocation that can turn nearly everyone into an angry cuss. Thank you, -- Don Kuenz KB7RPU He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem. - Milton