In article <a06200711c1a499460715(a)[192.168.1.199]>9]>,
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:
At 10:24 PM -0700 12/11/06, Richard wrote:
What about the design software? I imagine the
first generation of EDA
software was created in-house by pioneers of VLSI design. But what
about when the tools started to become commodities? What about early
releases of software from a company like Mentor Graphics?
Have you seen the prices of just a single seat of that kind of
software?
Yes, but I hadn't thought about licensing, that's a good point.
I wonder if these companies even keep around a piece of their history
or if its lost forever?
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