Why Did EDA Have a Hardware Business Model?
Business models are really important. Just ask any internet startup company that has lots of users and is trying to work out how to monetize them. It is a lot easier to get people to use something for free, much harder to get people to pay for something, especially when they don't value it much. Different companies that look somewhat similar often have very different business models.
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