[Xastir-dev] Topic: Supported Platforms, Xastir-NG

[Tom Russo]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:26:48PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <archer at eskimo.com> flavor, containing:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Tom Russo wrote:
> 
> > > > >    Tom: Must we all use the same UML tools?
> > > > 
> > > > I can't answer that, but I'm thinking it'd probably be best.  That way we 
> > > > can have a single format for the saved project files, and all be able to
> > > > work on them in a configuration-managed way (CVS, SVN, or whatever).  Also,
> > > > the different tools will produce something different if used to generate
> > > > code.
> 
> I haven't seen anyone else come forward saying they have experience
> with UML Tools, so Tom:  Pick something you know works and is
> cross-platform/open-source.
> 
> I tried the webstart ArgoUML and the GUI came up in just a few
> seconds (fat pipe).  Haven't tried any others.

I downloaded ArgoUML on my laptop (which turns out to still have a java-vm
installed) and it worked fine.  I'm willing to toy around with it until
somebody else expresses a strong preference for something else.  I took a look
at Eclipse and it just seemed too much to deal with (again, unless somebody
expresses a strong preference and makes it seem like the best choice).

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