Editor's Note: To the 152 people, specifically

                     115 EDA users
                      11 consultants
                      18 EDA employees
                       8 Wall Street watchers

  I say "thank you!" for sending in your comments to this quickie
  survey on the $285 million Cadence-Verisity merger.

                                    - John Cooley
                                      ESNUG/DeepChip.com

( ESNUG 438 Subjects ) ------------------------------------------ [01/18/05]

 Item  1: the Cooley Analysis of the $285 Million Cadence-Verisity Merger
 Item  2: 11 Users on How Cadence Kills the Companies it Acquires
 Item  3:  3 Users Worried This Will Kill Off Specman "e"
 Item  4: 11 Users Happy Because This Means The Survival of Specman "e"
 Item  5:  4 Users Vaguely Happy About The Cadence-Verisity Merger
 Item  6:  3 Users with Mixed Opinions on the Cadence-Verisity Merger
 Item  7:  8 Users Like The Idea of NC-SIM with Specman "e"
 Item  8:  7 Users Happy That Verisity Specman Will Now Be Cheaper
 Item  9:  7 Users Worried Verisity Specman "e" Price Will Go Up
 Item 10: 13 Users Think Cadence Will Give Specman "e" Crappy Support
 Item 11:  6 Users Think Cadence Will Give Specman "e" Better Support
 Item 12: 10 Users Who Fear This Merger Reduces Competition
 Item 13:  4 Users Who Think This Merger Increases Competition
 Item 14:  7 Users Concerned about Weak Cadence SystemC & PSL/SVA Support
 Item 15: 14 Users on Specman "e" and System Verilog
 Item 16:  7 Users Who Don't Care
 Item 17: 11 Consultants on the Cadence-Buys-Verisity News
 Item 18: 18 EDA Employee Reactions to the Cadence-Verisity Merger
 Item 19:  8 Wall Street People on the Cadence-Verisity Merger


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