Mentor vs. Cadence

[crma...@ingr.com]

In article <1994Oct10....@ned.cray.com> a...@cray.com (Anthony Laundrie {x66591 CF/DEV}) writes:
>Anybody have experience with both? Overall, which is your favorite for
>schematic capture, layout editing, routing, etc? What are the advantages
>and disadvantages of each, including costs?
>

Hi, sorry to butt in, but why are you just looking at Mentor & Cadence?
Intergraph (which, by some strange quirk of fate, is the company I happen
to work for) has a suite of state-of-the-art tools called VeriBest (design
capture, synthesis, simulation, layout) which are well worth a look at - not
the least that they're available on both UNIX and Windows NT (some on
Windows 3.1 as well) and they're binary compatible across platforms and
operating systems.

In addition to being pretty damn powerful (eg. VeriBest PCB is a shape-based
router that out performs anything else on the market), they're also extremely
reasonably priced. I Believe that you can get VeriBest PCB for the same
price that you'd pay for one years maintanence for something half-way
equivalent with the guys you're looking at.

This isn't an infomercial, but I sort of like to see our name mentioned
occasionally. If anyone's interested in getting more details/brochures,
try calling 1-800-VERIBEST. Alternatively, check out the WWW/Mosaic
at http://www.ingr.com/ (Look under "Product Information" then
"Electronics"). There's also a bunch of nifty screen-savers and demo
software available somewhere under those WWW pages.

Cheers - Max (Hero & Unicycle Fiend)

[Jim Mecke]

In article <37ms8a$2...@baggins.dazixco.ingr.com>, <crma...@ingr.com> writes:

> to work for) has a suite of state-of-the-art tools called VeriBest (design
> capture, synthesis, simulation, layout) which are well worth a look at - not
> the least that they're available on both UNIX and Windows NT (some on
> Windows 3.1 as well) and they're binary compatible across platforms and
> operating systems.
>

Could you explain 'BINARY COMPATIBLE' accross platforms and operating systems?
jim

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[airola darwin d iii]

Hello, I saw your article about VeriBest in comp.sys.mentor, and, to be
quite honest, I have never heard of VeriBest until I read your article. Does
your company provide this software to universities, free of charge? Doing this
can be looked at as a short-term investment, since allowing students to use
your software while in school will increase your market share, once these
students enter into the industrial environment. (I strongly believe that
companies, such as Cadence, that don't allow future engineers free access to
their products while they are in school are greatly happering their future
business.)

If you do provide your software to universities, free of charge, we would be
interested in evaluating it. (I attempted to e-mail you at the address in your
article, but my mail bounced back.)

Take care,
Darwin Airola

P.S. Please send your replies to dai...@mimic.ccsm.uiuc.edu

[Satoshi Nishizawa]

I would like to know more about "VeriBest"....

1) How is the QUALITY?
I'm fed up with bad tools. I spend a lot of time to look at worthless CAE
products everyday. I want to find a way out of the swamp!
2) How is the technical support?
Are they knowledgeable enough?

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Satoshi Nishizawa
Mail:watc...@iccsake.ic.epson.co.jp