( ESNUG 384 Item 3 ) -------------------------------------------- [12/06/01]
Subject: People Pissed That Gerry Hsu Gets To Walk With A Cool $40 Million
From: "Aditya Goel" <Aditya_P_Goel@raytheon.com>
John
How can this be good? Now Cadence can go after Synopsys if it uses the code
that Avanti stole from Cadence. I hope the creep Gerry Hsu is kicked out of
the door and not allowed into the Synopsys management team. If he is brought
into Synopsys management I will work to get our company not to use
Synopsys tools
- Aditya Goel
Ratheon
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From: "Maynard Hammond" <maynard@subasic.sciatl.com>
John,
I think this is good news. Now Synopsys will have a complete path from RTL
to GDSII. If I were Cadence, I would be worried. The main thing that has
kept us from getting Avanti software is the litigation. Gerry Hsu should
have been kicked out of the company once he admitted to theft. My sales rep
tells me he will NOT be at Synopsys. I believe Synopsys will be able to put
and end to all the legal stuff soon.
- Maynard Mammond
Scientific Atlanta, Inc.
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From: "Phil Hoppes" <phoppes@intersil.com>
Hi John,
Although this is a little off topic I need to say that I am totally disgusted
that Gerry Hsu walks out of this deal with $20M in his pocket. That other
people are in jail and he is not only unscathed out of this entire deal but
walks away with considerable cash in his pocket just speaks to the corruption
in the board rooms in America. I've seen this kind of thing so many times in
the companies I've worked for, it just really gets my goat.
One sees a visual of Gerry driving away from Fremont in a white Bronco with
a bag of cash in the back seat.
- Phil Hoppes
Intersil, Inc.
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From: "John Busco" <jbusco@brocade.com>
My reaction isn't technical, but more about the morality. Did I hear right on
the conference call, that Synopsys will pay $40 million to terminate Gerry's
employment contract? No jail time, fines paid by company, golden handshake
... crime DOES pay!
- John Busco
Brocade
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From: "David Fishman" <fish@chips.Eng.Sun.COM>
Do they get to fire the Avanti mgmt that isn't already in jail? :)
- David Fishman
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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