Interesting comparison. What exactly did TI do to BB which warrants such a ghastly comparison?
I know BB well thanks to tinkering with their isolation amplifiers for an old data acquisition project. also familiar with them due to working on equipment from the 70's/80's with the really old BB 3451 monoblock isolation amplifiers.
TI is antagonistic to all but the largest customers. Trying to get access to manuals, instruction sets, etc was a pain in the 90s. Devkits commonly cost >$500, even for the smallest of parts.
There is a big memory hole, at least in the people I interact with about the personalities around the various semiconductor companies. Nerdy (Maxim,XMOS) dorky (Green Arrays) serious (ST) irreverent (Fairchild), sloppy and fun (Microchip). Companies like TI are in it for the money, others have a passion for engineering and solving civilization's problems.
I know BB well thanks to tinkering with their isolation amplifiers for an old data acquisition project. also familiar with them due to working on equipment from the 70's/80's with the really old BB 3451 monoblock isolation amplifiers.