From: cwp@idtinc.UUCP (Chuck Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
Subject: Re: User Group - New Officers
Date: 8 Sep 92 23:27:56 GMT
Organization: Integrated Device Technology, Santa Clara

In article <1992Sep8.200433.23356@eng.ufl.edu> ruck@zeta.ee.ufl.edu (John R Ruckstuhl Jr) writes:
>In article <496@idtinc.UUCP> cwp@idtg.uucp (Chuck Phillips) writes:
>> We plan on sending out lots of info regarding the meeting in the
>> next few weeks.
>
>Well, what do users who missed the conference want to know?
>

Boy! Some people just don't like to wait for the surprise, do they? :-)

>Regarding the conference:
>1.  When will printed proceedings of the conference be available?
>    Who is the contact and how much will they cost?

Proceedings were handed out at the converence. Additional proceedings
will be available soon. I forgot to check this out last week and now
everyone (from Cadence) is at Euro-dac. I'll post info when I know.

>2.  Would you post the contents of a conference program so that we have
>    an idea what was presented/discussed and by whom?

This was done a couple of weeks before the conference. I will re-post it
when I post info about the proceedings.

>3.  Was the conference videotaped, and if so, how can we get copies?
>    (I had made the suggestion of videotaping the conference to a
>    Cadence employee who said she'd pass it to the Right Person, but I
>    don't know what the response was.)
>

We did not video the conference - too costly. In case you had not heard,
the user group is now independent from Cadence. We charged a fee for the
conference to pay for meals, proceedings, hotel meeting space, etc.

We did, however, tape the Advanced Skill tutorial. Details will follow on
how to obtain a copy.

>I want to know about the current and future states of the Cadence/Valid
>product line.
>Did Cadence take this opportunity (the conference) to give any such 
>information regarding the integration of the design systems and future 
>of overlapping tools?

Yes and no. There is still some confusion in this area. However, there
was a very good presentation given about this. We are working with
Cadence to get a suitable version for the user group newsletter.
						     ^^^^^^^^^^
Don't ask! When the time is right I will post a request for those that
want the newsletter to send your mailing data in. :-)

In his opening speach, Joe Costello talked about having the sales force
get a handle on this and also about slowing down - not forcing the users
to switch to a new product when that product does not fit the users needs
or when the product does not meet the functionality of the current
product. The sales force "should" have most of the info you need to know
but I am not sure they really do.

>
>Regards,
>ruck
>-- 
>John R Ruckstuhl, Jr                    ruck@alpha.ee.ufl.edu
>Dept of Electrical Engineering          ruck@cis.ufl.edu, uflorida!ruck
>University of Florida                   ruck%sphere@cis.ufl.edu, sphere!ruck

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