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The stockholders meeting was held and, I hope to no one surprise, Icahn got his way. The EDA industry is so small and has such poor standing within the financial community that nothing Wally could say would have made a difference. And, of course, the rest of the industry sat on their hands and let it happen, because we just do not have any industry-wide organization capable of representing us in the world. The only company in EDA with the muscle to stand up to a corporate raider at this point is Synopsys. Every other company is fair game, including even Cadence.