There is some info, credible or not, posted at: http://www.pcbstandards.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=444&highlight= mentor claiming that "PADS will be fully supported as Mentor's Low End Tool " and that "Board Station will be folded into Expedition so Mentor will only have two PCB design layout tools, PADS and Expedition." Personally, I think really only time will tell and anything being said at this stage is merely lip service. +Tom -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:28 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [DC] the borg I know this is off in left field, but does ANYONE have insight into what will happen with the Enterprise (i.e. Design Capture, Expedition, etc) product (was the veribest toolset) now that Mentor has yet another (that's three overlapping product lines by my count) "low cost, user friendly" PC product line? I'm still interested in cross-training on Expedition because I really thought it was a good product, but might it go away? Just wondering... -M- ---------Included Message---------- > Subject: Re: [DC] the borg > > Mentor bought Pads? > > I used to have Mentor, and I bought OrCad. :) > > > >>> [log in to unmask] 04/25/02 08:23AM >>> > So Mentor bought InnovEDA i.e. PADS? > Its becoming a very small world indeed, > hmmmm? _____________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------