> the initial negative view? Understandable considering that the e500
> is a significant step down from the e600.

Problem was that it took me some time to become aware of the e500mc. As you can read in the postings I linked to I originally mistook the faster and more suited e500mc based QorIQ chips to be e500v2 based like the slower and less suited QorIQ chips.

> since I don't feel like going to the trouble of setting up a corporate website,
> I'm not asking Freescale for an NDA (at least not yet).

So it's not just Applied Micro expecting its NDA partners to have a website, but Freescale as well? You once said you had an NDA with Freescale at some point in time (which somehow got lost because your contact at Freescale had vanished). Did you have a website back then? Or did Freescale's requirements change in that regard?

Btw, I don't know if you missed it, but could you please answer my question? (It was: You mean they started giving you more information because they became aware that you had become aware of that link? Or was it just coincidence?)