Those first quotes are attributed to "deepchip.com", but that's just the archive of the E-mail Synopsys Users Group (ESNUG). For many years it was the main watering hole for talking about EDA ("electronic design automation" -> hardware design) software. Synopsys was only one of three big EDA companies, but because there were so many tools in the chain, and they were (sometimes) interoperable, all the different products from the different vendors would get discussed, sometimes mercilessly.
Someone who wanted to play folk historian could probably have a lot of fun going through the archive, assuming their eyes wouldn't glaze over at terms like "cycle accuracy" or "serial loopback".
Someone who wanted to play folk historian could probably have a lot of fun going through the archive, assuming their eyes wouldn't glaze over at terms like "cycle accuracy" or "serial loopback".