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From: "Jay Adams" <jadams@fore.com>
Subject: Sleezy Synopsys Marketing Surveys -- Why We Hate EDA Salesdroids
John,
I could not believe my eyes when I saw this marketing survey from
Synopsys. I actually was going to return it with additional comments on how
they could improve their product until I saw what this guy did. He put
prefilled answers *after* his "Thank you" and put them after a *whole page*
of white space, so the average person would not even notice them when they
responded. I would have given permission for him to use my survey
information with other companies, but instead of asking for it -- he thought
he would just take it.
- Jay Adams
FORE Systems
-----Original Message-----
From: DesignWare Foundation Group [mailto:fdation@Synopsys.COM]
Subject: DesignWare Foundation May99 EST update
Dear Jay,
In the past, you indicated that you are a user of DesignWare Foundation
Library. We wanted to let you know about our latest May99 EST release.
With this release, DesignWare Foundation Library (www.synopsys.com
/designware) dramatically improves in two key areas:
1) Solve complex control problems with the area-efficient, 8051
micro-controller:
* Royalty-free Intellectual Property (IP)
* Intel 803x/805x binary compatible
* 3x faster than the original controller at the same clock rate
* Now in limited production (visit www.synopsys.com/dwpromo)
2) Attain higher quality of results:
* 20% area savings with new "rpcs" algorithm for the arithmetic family
* 10% smaller and 30% faster multiplies with new squaring (x*x)
component
* 50% area savings with the duplex multiplier
* Halve area with new integrated divider and remainder component
Finally, in order to serve FORE Systems, Inc. better and to get the May99
release, please answer the following questions:
* How satisfied are you with DesignWare Foundation Library?
() Very Satisfied
() Satisfied
() Not Satisfied
* Why didn't you download our last Feb99 release?
() Someone else in my group/company already did
() Didn't contain anything new that I needed
() Didn't hear about it
() Don't use Foundation
() Don't have permission to install new release
() Too complex/No time
() Other
* Would you like instructions on downloading the May99 EST release?
() Yes
Thank you for making DesignWare Foundation your choice for Intellectual
Property.
Greg Tanaka
DesignWare Marketing Manager
designware@synopsys.com
* Can we share your data with other companies?
(X) Yes
* Can we contact you in the future?
(X) Yes
[ Editor's Note: No, I didn't modify that sleezy survey form in any
way; that Synopsys DW marketing huckster really did have those two
pre-answered questions 69 blank lines after his sig! - John ]
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