I am _very_ worried about what happens if Cadence manages to buy Mentor (assuming the FTC allows it). Cadence has a VERY short attention span when it comes to PCB Tools, all their executives are IC people, their conference has six or seven IC tracks to one or two PCB tracks.
If this merger happens, I believe they will pull the majority of R&D funding from PCB (since they will figure there is NO competition), and we will see minimal "improvements" to their tool set. I am concerned about support as well, as I would bet that bug fixes will be less of a concern as well.
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From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Jackson
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:33
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Subject: Re: [DC] Cadence / Mentor News
This is the first that I have heard of this 'merger'.
I seem to recall another 'merger' that took place many years ago... between
Cadnetix and Daisy - to become Dazix. If I recall correctly, that was a bit
more hostile than a simple merger. Of course... Cadnetix is no more.
It should be remembered that for every 'merger' of these CAD companies... one
set of EDA software gets dis-continued - and the other set becomes the set
that is marketed, even though the CAD company states up front that it will
not do that. This has happened more times than I can remember - or care to.
I have often thought that it would be a good thing for someone to put
together a 'family tree' sort of chart that listed all of the CAD companies
that were... and who they merged with. It could start somewhere around the
early 70's or so... and continue on down to today.
So. Is a merger between these two companies good? I don't think so.
Just my .02 worth.
Regards,
James Jackson
Oztronics
Quoting Kathy Nargi-Toth <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi all,
>
> I guess you have all heard that Cadence is offering to buy Mentor for
> $16/share, about a 30% bump over current stock value and closely to the
> past year's peak price (pcdandf.com/cms/content/view/4828/95/).
>
> This would be a big deal in the IC design space, but it could really have a
> huge
> impact on PCB design.
>
> What's your take on this? Would a Cadence-Mentor merger be good or bad for
>
> PCB designers?
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Kathy
>
> Kathy Nargi-Toth
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