Merry Christmas, everyone!  Thought I'd put together my first ever Christmas
EDA singalong!  And since this is the web and my voice would be pretty bad,
it's in the form of EDA parodies of standard Christmas songs ya'll have
written.  Here's the first few to come in.  (I emailed some of the users
and vendors and this is what they sent so far.  As more parodies come in over
the next 3 or 4 days, I'll add them to this Wiretap.  Enjoy!)


                   "We Three Kings of EDA Are"

          We three kings of EDA are;
          Rhines, deGeus, and Fister so far,
          Yield a countin, Moore's a mountain,
          Chasing market share.

                     Oh release by day, release by night,
                     Release whenever money's tight,
                     Market leading, still competing,
                     Guidance dropping overnight.


          Torn between acquisitions to claim
          Marketshare is so tough to gain
          We're so clever, ceasing never,
          Over them all we'll reign.

                     Oh release by day, release by night,
                     Release whenever money's tight,
                     Market leading, still competing,
                     Guidance dropping overnight.


          Dollars and cents to offer have I
          Hard cash owns a CEO nigh;
          Users praising, it's amazing,
          Why do they pay so high?

                     Oh release by day, release by night,
                     Release whenever money's tight,
                     Market leading, still competing,
                     Guidance dropping overnight.


          Mentor is mine, its better in June
          Riding high, warding off doom;
          Borrowing, buying, bleeding, flying,
          I hope that NASDAQ rewards us soon.

                     Oh release by day, release by night,
                     Release whenever money's tight,
                     Market leading, still competing,
                     Guidance dropping overnight.


          Glorious now see Cadence's prize
          Incisive, Encounter, and Virtuoso surprise;
          Second place not second place,
          To Synopsys in user's eyes.

                     Oh release by day, release by night,
                     Release whenever money's tight,
                     Market leading, still competing,
                     Guidance dropping overnight.

                         - [ An Anon EDA User ]

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               "Hark! The Jasper Angels Sing!"

                Hark the Jasper angels sing
                Glory to our newborn queen!

                Kathryn a spender wild
                Our accounts not reconciled
                Joyful, all ye waiters rise
                Her spending limit is the skies
                "VC funding" she most proclaims
                "is the best part of this game!"

                Hark the Jasper angels sing
                "Glory to our newborn queen!"

                    - [ An Anon EDA Vendor ]

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                        "Synplicity"
                (sung to "O Christmas Tree")

                Syn-pli-ci-ty, Syn-pli-ci-ty,
                A syn-the-sis un-chang-ing,
                Syn-pli-ci-ty, Syn-pli-ci-ty,
                no com-plex re-ar-rang-ing.

                Just one com-mand, at every time,
                To syn-the-size your nice design.

                Syn-pli-ci-ty, Syn-pli-ci-ty,
                A syn-the-sis un-chang-ing,

                F-P-G-As are our game,
                those other tools are really lame.

                Syn-pli-ci-ty, Syn-pli-ci-ty,
                no com-plex re-ar-rang-ing.

                    - John Cooley, 1996

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               "Santarini is sniffing around"

                You better watch out 
                You better not lie
                Don't be a lout
                I'm telling you why 
                Santarini is sniffing around

                He's digging for grist
                And looking for vice;
                Gonna find out who's naughty or nice
                Santarini is sniffing around

                He sees you when you're creeping
                He knows when you're a fake
                He knows if you've been bad or good
                So be good for PR sake! 

                O! You better watch out 
                You better not lie
                Don't be a lout
                I'm telling you why 
                Santarini is sniffing around
                Santarini is sniffing around

                    - [ An Anon PR Person ]

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               "Rajeev got run over by a lawsuit"

                Rajeev got run over by a lawsuit
                Walking home from EDAC Christmas Eve.
                You can say there's no such thing as justice,
                but as for Aart and Wally, we believe.

                He'd been selling too much Blast Fusion,
                and they begged his sales to slow.
                But we forgot his dedication, as his
                DAC salesmen went out and stole the show.

                When his lawyers found him mourning
                this patent lawsuit attack,
                infringement was written on his forehead,
                and a fickle van Ginneken at his back.

                Now we're all so proud of Milan,
                His PR takes this so well.
                No Nassda death shall he befall,
                drinking Kool Aid and
                reliving an Avanti hell.

                It's not Magma without Rajeev,
                All the company's dressed in black
                and we can't help but wonder;
                Should we sell our options,
                or give them back?
                Give them back!

                Now the lawyers are at the table
                the settlement won't be so big.
                These lawsuits they often handle
                keep Aart from being such a pig.

                I've warned all my
                friends and neighbors
                better watch out for yourselves,
                you should never buy a license
                from a man who sold us Ambit
                as DC with more bells.

                    - [ An Anon EDA Vendor ]


P.S. When sending in your own EDA Christmas parody songs, please clearly
     indicate if you need to be anonymous or not, OK?  :)