Good Article Alert: End "EDA Bashing"

Allow me to direct your attention to a most welcome article in EDA DesignLine written by Gabe Moretti:

Title: [End] EDA bashing
http://www.edadesignline.com/213000305?cid=RSSfeed_EDAdesignline_edadlALL

In a nutshell, the article argues that general, blanket criticism of the EDA industry -- "EDA bashing" -- is unhelpful to say the least.  I couldn't agree more, and I assure you that my concurrence is not motivated by a sense of wounded pride and/or some instinctive need to defend the honor of the EDA industry.

Instead, the relevance of the article is more immediate: here in "The Factory" we are in the process of putting more details on our 2009 action plans, and it's critical that we sort out our customers' and Field's most critical needs from all the generic FUD out there.  It's a difficult task in the best of times, and as I commented at the bottom of Gabe's article, all the "EDA: dead or alive?" chatter needlessly displaces important discussions of actionable issues and solutions.