open source FPGA tools

Hi!

I have a question related on design flow and use of open source tools like 
"icarus verilog". How many of designers out there use this tools and why?

thanks, Sasa 

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:38:43 +0200, "Sasa Bremec" <sasa@i-tech.si>
wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I have a question related on design flow and use of open source tools like 
>"icarus verilog". How many of designers out there use this tools and why?

I use it sometimes when I want to use Linux on Apple Mac hardware.
(Almost no serious EDA runs on Power PC processors.)

Regards,
Allan.