Cadence offers to buy Mentor Graphics for $1.45B

Worrying.....:-(

Hans

EDA monopoly! But in the long run I think the real competition is going to be freeware.

-- /* snipped-for-privacy@world.std.com AB1GO */ /* Joseph H. Allen */ int a[1817];main(z,p,q,r){for(p=80;q+p-80;p-=2*a[p])for(z=9;z--;)q=3&(r=time(0)

+r*57)/7,q=q?q-1?q-2?1-p%79?-1:0:p%79-77?1:0:p158?-79:0,q?!a[p+q*2 ]?a[p+=a[p+=q]=q]=q:0:0;for(;q++-1817;)printf(q%79?"%c":"%c\n"," #"[!a[q-1]]);}

John Cooley has posted a copy of Fister's letter to Rhines:

I wonder whether this will wake Synopsys up?