Subject: Azuro marketing director compares Cooley to Tuvan throat singing

> As the little EDA Start-Up That Couldn't Shoot Straight, I believe that
> the Cadence acquisition of Azuro was an asset fire sale.  Why?  Because
> even though Azuro might have had some possibly useful technology, they
> couldn't market their way out of a wet paper bag!
>
>     - John Cooley
>       http://www.deepchip.com/wiretap/110713.html


From: [ "Marc Swinnen" at a yahoo.com address ]

Hello, Cooley.

My name is Marc Swinnen.  I am the Director of Product Marketing at Azuro.
This is exactly what I think of your comments about how I do my job:

     

To set the record straight, Azuro tools are regularly used on production
designs at Tier 1 companies like Broadcom, Nvidia, ST, TSMC and Toshiba;
which is why Cadence bought us for $30 million.  I am directly part of the
reason why Azuro got such a high valuation.

You should at least *try* to get your facts straight first, John, before
shooting off such half-baked missives on your DeepChip website.

    - [ "Marc Swinnen" at a yahoo.com address ]


 Editor's Note: Since this came from a yahoo.com address, I doubt this
 is the real Marc Swinnen.  But it was too funy not to publish.  - John