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Subject: what 309 hands-on EDA users think about Sassine becoming Synopsys' new CEO
A fun first fact that I discovered about Sassine and the EDA users overall...
"WHO?..." since 91% of the 309 EDA user respondants do NOT know Sassine in any direct
or indirect way, it's no suprise 86% of the EDA users gave Sassine a NEUTRAL rating.
"DON'T GO!": the 12% (34 users) who gave him a THUMBS DOWN rating did so NOT because
they dislike Sassine -- from their comments below they (54%) don't want Aart to leave.
      
BUT THOSE WHO KNOW... but the more interesting analysis was when I dug deeper and found
the remaining 28 EDA users who DO KNOW Sassine gave him an 82% THUMBS UP rating.
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SURVEY METHODOLOGY: this is the orignal question I sent twice to my mailing list ...
... and THIS is the follow-up question sent to the 309 users who responded to the
orginal question
... so each response below will have a YES or NO (to determine if they know Sassine)
plus their THUMBS UP / NEUTRAL / THUMBS DOWN rating of Sassine.

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THOSE 28 EDA USERS WHO KNOW SASSINE:

     THUMBS UP

     YES, I've known Sassine for two decades.

     He's always delivered for us.  He'll be a great CEO for SNPS.

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     Thumbs up.

     YES.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Sassine is pleasant to work with

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     THUMB UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Aart introduced Sassine to us a few years ago.

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     thumbs up

     yes, I know Sassine

     We liked how the Redhawk / ICC2 integration worked out.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     He's charismatic and more importantly, he delivers what he says he'll deliver.

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     THUMBS UP

     YES.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     He's taken our abuse with a smile.  Then he fixed crap PnR problems we had.

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     Definite Thumbs UP!

     I've know Sassine for years.

     He's a charmer.  Sassine could sell ice to eskimos.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Sassine has the right mix of personality and technical skills that we like
     in a primary EDA supplier.

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     thump up

     yes   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Sassine is like Sawicki or Anirudh.  Synopsys will do well with him as CEO.

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     thumbs up

     yes   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     he's a listener and fixer

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     THUMB UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     So far he's pretty much solved all the big problems we've tossed his way.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Sassine is a smoother flavor of Aart

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     Thump up

     Yes   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Aart has trained Sassine well.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     We're one of his early Fusion Compiler customers.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     He has the right temperament to be CEO.

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     Strong THUMBS UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     I met Sassine when he took over our account.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     He's a good guy.

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     THUMB UP

     YES   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Sharp guy.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Like everyone else, Sassine visits us from time to time for business.

     He's a good guy.  Straight shooter.


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     THUMBS UP

     YES   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Met with him at DAC at the Intercontinental.

     He will make a good Synopsys CEO.

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     THUMBS UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     I've had his cell phone number for business for years.

     I like doing business with Sasine.  He does what he says he'll do.

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     Thumbs Up.

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Sassine is doing the right thing in automotive IP.

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     THUMB UP

     Yes.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Sassine made a big impression on us inside Intel

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     NEUTRAL

     YES   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     It was time for Aart de Geus to step down, but he had a good career.

     Aart could be like Iger and come back.

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     Neutral

     Yes   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     I will miss Aart.  It's the end of an era.

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     NEUTRAL.

     YES.   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Synopsys is a conglomeration of EDA start-ups that were turned into
     business units.  It's extremely unlikely that anyone from inside
     the organization will change how it works.

     As COO, Sassine could have done that already.

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     NEUTRAL

     Yes

     I know him.

     We'll see how Sassine works out once he's at the wheel.

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     THUMBS DOWN

     yes, I know him and he knows me.

     I'd rather have Aart.

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     Somewhat THUMBS DOWN.

     YES   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Aart has too big of shoes to fill.

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     I would call it a THUMB DOWN.

     YES   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     A new CEO at Synopsys?

     Now I have to worry about what tools are going to
     killed/dropped/de-emphasized all over again.

     And how Sassine will crash my tapeout schedules.

     Formality is still crap after all these years.

     I still suffer from Synopcosis.

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     THUMBS DOWN

     YES   [as in "YES, I know Sassine."]

     Aart and CFC are Synopsys.  What these new guys will do is anyone's guess.

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AND NOW THOSE 281 EDA USERS WHO DO NOT KNOW SASSINE...
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Break out -- the 3% (8 users) who DO NOT KNOW SASSINE who gave Sassine a THUMBS UP:


     THUMBS UP

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I've never met him, but change is good.

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     THUMBS UP

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Other than corporations, nothing lives forever

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     THUMBS UP

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     It'll be interesting how Sassine grows Synopsys

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     THUMBS UP

     No   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Never met him.

     I suspect he will do well.

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     THUMBS UP

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Don't know him.

     I wish him success because SNPS is part of my 401k.

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     thumb up

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     new blood brings new growth.


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     THUMBS UP

     No   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I think Aart and CFC have had their glory.  It's time for a new era.

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     THUM UP

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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Break out -- the 86% (241 users) who DO NOT KNOW SASSINE who gave Sassine a NEUTRAL:


     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Don't know him.

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Who is he?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Never met him.

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     neutral

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     No   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Is he from outside of EDA?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Never heard of him.

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     neutral

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     don't know him

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     NEUTRAL

     nope   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Can't say.  Don't know him.

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Never heard of him

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     neut

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     whos dat?

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     neutral

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     sounds new

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     NEWT

     NOPE   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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     neutral

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRL

     No   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     neutral

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     don't know the guy, so i can't say

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     NEUTRAL

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I've seen Sassine mentioned in Synopsys press releases.  

     Outside of that, I don't know him.

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Was he at DAC?

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     nuetral

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     never met him

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     ?????????????

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     NEUTRAL

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     don't know him

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     unknown

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     that's above my pay grade

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     dont know this one

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     NEUTRO

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     quien?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     dont know

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     never met him

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     NEUTRAL

     No   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     There is no Sassine in my contacts list.

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     nope   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     nope

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     don't know him from Adam

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     NEUTRAL

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     never heard of him

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     my Synopsys AEs sometimes mention him.  i've never met him.

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I think he's in sales, yes?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Dave's not here.

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     neutral

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     whu?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     can't say don't know

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I do not know much about Sassine Ghazi.

     Might be my fault ...

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     never met him

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     don't know him

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     if I say I know Sassine will I win a prize?

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     neutral

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     no idea

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     N/A

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I do chip finishing here.  Nobody cares what I think.

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     NUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     they never let me leave the building.  SEND HELP!

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     don't know

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     never heard of him

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     nutral

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     no idea

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     NEUTRAL

     nope   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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     NEUTREL

     NONE   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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     NEUTRAL

     sorry no acquaintance

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     NEUTRAL

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     neutral

     negatory, don't know him

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     NEUTRAL

     Since I don't know him, it's not right for me to comment on him

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     NEUTRAL

     never met him   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     upstairs guys like sassine don't talk to basement guys like me

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     NUETRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     don't know

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     Neutral

     No   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     There was a famous Lebanese politician named Michel Georges Sassine.

     Is Synopsys Sassine related to him?

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     can't say, don't know him

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     NEUTRAL

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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     NEUTRAL

     NOT ME   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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     NEUTRAL

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     who?

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EDITOR'S NOTE: what would follow next are a flood of 172 more variations of

                                   "NEUTRAL"

    "Never met him" or "Who? or "Don't know him" or "Never heard of him"

For brevity, I'm NOT cut & pasting these 172 duplicate user answers.  - John

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Breakout -- remaining 12% (34 users) who DO NOT KNOW SASSINE giving him a THUMBS DOWN:


     THUMBS down

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I've know Aart, CFC, Antun, Deidre since the early days.

     I don't look forward to starting over with a new guy.

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     THUMB DOWN

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Synopsys losing Aart is like Apple losing Steve Jobs.

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     THUMBS DOWN

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     A SNPS without Aart doesn't look good.

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     DOWN

     He's an unknown   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     No Aart, No Synopsys

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     Thumbs Down

     never met him

     I've known Aart forever.

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     thumb down

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     not happy about losing aart

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     THUMBS DOWN

     NOT MET SASSINE

     Synopsys is Aart's creation.  He can't be replaced.

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     Thumbs DOWN

     don't know Sassine

     Aart gone isn't good

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     THUMB DOWN

     NOPE   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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     THUMBS DOWN

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     keep Aart

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     THUMBS DOWN

     don't know him

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     THUMBS DOWN

     Never met him.

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     Thumb down.

     No.   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     SNPS is Aart's baby.

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     THUMBS DOWN

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     Don't trust new people to have the same vision that the founders have.

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     Tum Up

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

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     THUMBS DOWN

     Who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     keep aart

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     THUMB DOWN

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     New leadership of successful companies is often a bad idea

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     thumbs down

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     not all change is for the better

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     THUMBS DOWN

     don't know him.

     Aart is the heart and soul of Synopsys.

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUMBS DOWN

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUMBS DOWN

     don't know him

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUMB DOWN

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUM DOWN

     never heard of him

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     Thumbs down.

     don't know him

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUMBS DOWN

     never heard of the guy

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----
     THUMB DOWN

     NO   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I prefer Aart and Chi-Foon because I know Aart and Chi-Foon.

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUMBS DOWN

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     DOUBLE THUMBS DOWN

     I have no idea who this guy is

     I can do business with Aaart.

     What this new guy will do is TBD.

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     thum down

     never heard of him

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUMBS DOWN

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     BAD IDEA

     was Sassine from a search agency?

     i don't like surprise ceos out of nowhere

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     THUMBS DOWN

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     thumbs down

     who?   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     i don't trust unproven new leadership

     things can run on automatic for a while, but it's not a recipe for long
     term success

     ask me 2 years from now

        ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----   ----

     thumbs down

     no   [as in "NO, I do NOT know Sassine."]

     I would rather Aart stays

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