( ESNUG 290 Item 2 ) ----------------------------------------------- [5/19/98]
From: [ Der Kaisers Kochen kann keinen Kalbskopf kochen! ]
Subject: Not Happy About Forced Migration From Motive To PrimeTime
Dear John,
After the merger of Synopsys and Viewlogic my fear is that some powerful
tools used in ASIC design are most likely going to vanish. Here in Europe,
Synopsys is trying to put quite a big pressure on Motive users to switch
to PrimeTime. The customer is supposed to sign a "Motive Upgrade
Certificate of discontinued Use" in which he agrees to cease the use of
Motive after a fixed date (12/31/98). For his signature, the customer is
offered a shared license which allows to check out either Motive or
PrimeTime plus a free substitution of the Motive license into a PrimeTime
license. To my knowledge PrimeTime does not provide the same features as
Motive at the moment.
My question to the ESNUG readers is how they react on this offer.
- Will Synopsys succeed to convince Motive users to move to PrimeTime?
- Do they move to PrimeTime without any complaints? Do they move at all?
- What about the costs for training the ASIC crew on PrimeTime and rewrite
the scripts for an automated timing analysis flow?
John, please keep me anonymous.
- [ Der Kaisers Kochen kann keinen Kalbskopf kochen! ]
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