>As wiremine points out, it will require vendor support--moving away from your vendor's toolchain is a world of hurt that seasoned embedded developers just won'

>As wiremine points out, it will require vendor support--moving away from your vendor's toolchain is a world of hurt that seasoned embedded developers just won't even consider. I wont consider a chip/microcontroller if it doesn't support open source command line tools. Vendor support is technological debt that hinders every bit of testing and automation.