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From: thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson)
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Subject: re: Mentor on other platforms....
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Date: 19 Oct 90 18:22:32 GMT
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> ....  Anyway, 8.0 looks very good on the surface. There is some neat
> new pcb routing techniques.  SO back to the subject -- the story seems
> to be that Mentor will only be running on HP/APOLLO for a while, and while be
> on SUN in about six months or so. 
This sounds (to me) to be misleading/misspoken/wrong.  You seem to be saying
that Mentor will be moving from HP/Apollo only to Sun only.  Perhaps you
meant to say that "... Mentor will be running only on HP/Apollo...."  If not, I
believe you are wrong, and will be seriously upset (may turn homicidal) if you
are right.
The following information is ancient (from MUG-90), but perhaps is accurate if
you slip all schedules by the same amount:  
     Mentor 8.0 will be shipping Q4 of 1990, with Sun support starting 3-6 
     months later, definitely AFTER the HP/Apollo release.  Other platforms 
     may be supported "depending on customer demand."
My guess is that Mentor 8.0 will ship on Apollos sometime in early Q2 1991.
I haven't heard anything about Sun support being pushed up, so I'd guess
on late 1991 for it.  I take the "other platform" support to mean that they'll
port it if someone pays lotsa bucks.


John Thompson (jt)
Honeywell, SSEC
Plymouth, MN  55441
thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com

As ever, my opinions do not necessarily agree with Honeywell's or reality's.
(Honeywell's do not necessarily agree with mine or reality's, either)