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  \ - /      A Summary of 307 Emails on Mentor vs. Carl Icahn
  _] [_                      by John Cooley

       "Having one very powerful EDA company gives too much
        power to that company."

            - Rick Tomihiro of Xilinx

( ESNUG 489 Subjects ) -------------------------------------- [03/11/11]

 Item 1: 78% of MENT users rate Wally's MENT "Generally Positive"
 Item 2: 88% of MENT users greatly fear a Synopsys-Cadence duopoly
 Item 3: 59% of MENT rivals rate Wally's MENT "Generally Positive"
 Item 4: 51% of MENT rivals want Wally's MENT to be left alone
 Item 5: MENT employees rate Wally's MENT "Generally Positive"
 Item 6: MENT employees want Wally's MENT to be left alone
 Item 7: Those not EDA users, not MENT rivals, not MENT employees
 Item 8: FAQ for this DeepChip EDA user opinion survey

   !!!     "It's not a BUG,
  /o o\  /  it's a FEATURE!"
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  _] [_     (jcooley 1991)