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Jedi
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:04 pm    Post subject: Broadcom, the worst manufacturer... Reply with quote
Never seen a semiconductor manufacturer forwarding direct product
related technical questions to a local sales guy at a distributor!!

After that only bloody silence....


Is it just me or is this company really a PITA???


rick

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Rob Gaddi
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:27 am    Post subject: Re: Broadcom, the worst manufacturer... Reply with quote
My last experience with Broadcom was when they made every member of my
lab sign an NDA before they would release us the data sheet for a
commercially available Ethernet transciever they sold.

Hence, this was my _last_ experience with Broadcom.

Jedi wrote:
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Never seen a semiconductor manufacturer forwarding direct product
related technical questions to a local sales guy at a distributor!!

After that only bloody silence....


Is it just me or is this company really a PITA???


rick
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Thaas
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:03 am    Post subject: Re: Broadcom, the worst manufacturer... Reply with quote
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:04:59 GMT, Jedi <me@aol.com> wrote:

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Never seen a semiconductor manufacturer forwarding direct product
related technical questions to a local sales guy at a distributor!!

After that only bloody silence....


Is it just me or is this company really a PITA???


rick
Had to completely re-design a CompactPCI system controller three or

four years ago when Broadcom decided they didn't want to enter into a
NDA with us. We wanted to use their chip for Gigabit Ethernet over
CAT-5 wiring. We said fuck-em and went with small-form-factor fiber.

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Thaas

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