> it would have been nice if Freescale had given an official
> statement hat the e700 got abandoned.

Indeed.

> there was (and probably is) a lot of internal movement/restructuration
> inside Freescale and maybe some department does not know what the
> other department is doing or who is responsible for tasks of a closed department.

While that may be true it doesn't speak in favour of the Freescale company as a whole. It's just that I don't find it fair to nag at Applied Micro for similar things that Freescale is excused for (you didn't do that, I know).