An EDA company is not necessarily like a generic software company, having vastly different products and profit models, which is sadly as sophisticated of a benchmarking analysis of Mentor as I have seen Icahn provide.
How can American companies compete when we have the constant striving toward mediocrity that seems to be the result of the management of EDA companies by generic managers, restaurant and hotel chains CEOs, and hedge fund puppets.
Mentor is at this point one of the last bastions of EDA employees with experience and vision, and has corresponding franchise more similar to the agile EDA startups than their traditional cost-cutting competitors.
The analysis in Cooley's columns, by comparison, is informed, and well worth reading.
Cheers,
Connie L. O'Dell
Sr. Verification Specialist
c.odell@co-consulting.net
303-641-5191
_____________________________________________
CO Consulting - Boulder, CO - http://co-consulting.net
Cheers,
Connie L. O'Dell
Sr. Verification Specialist
c.odell@co-consulting.net
303-641-5191
_____________________________________________
CO Consulting - Boulder, CO - http://co-consulting.net
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Cooley
Date: Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Subject: A summary of 307 emails on Mentor vs. Carl Icahn
To: c.odell@co-consulting.net
This ESNUG post is at http://www.deepchip.com/posts/0489.html
"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
This ESNUG post is at http://www.deepchip.com/posts/0489.html
From: John Cooley
Date: Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Subject: A summary of 307 emails on Mentor vs. Carl Icahn
To: c.odell@co-consulting.net
This ESNUG post is at http://www.deepchip.com/posts/0489.html
"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
This ESNUG post is at http://www.deepchip.com/posts/0489.html
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