Re: ERwin vs. Visio

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:13:05 GMT
Message-ID: <3CBF1AB8.BBF50006_at_exesolutions.com>


I have 5.0 Professional on my machine. And I am familiar with its capabilities. It isn't ERWin. And the differences are profound (perhaps except in the MS marketing materials).

Daniel Morgan

J Quick wrote:

> When was the last time you looked at Visio?
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/techinfo/articles/developerproductivity/or
> m.asp
>
> Microsoft has greatly enhanced Visio since they aquired this product, as
> well as the services of Dr. Terry Halpin (InfoModeler), the leading advocate
> of ORM.
>
> http://www.orm.net
>
> ERWin is a fine tool. Someone should evaluate all of the leading tools to
> compare them for their own needs. I usually end up using more than one tool
> to take advantage of their individual strengths.
>
> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3CBEFB76.9EB33D8E_at_exesolutions.com...
> > ERWin has important capabilities not present in Visio. Reverse
> > engineering, forward engineering, and the ability to write code. It is a
> > CASE tool ... not a modeling tool. It is more like Designer in that
> > regard.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >
> >
> >
> > "Robert D. Perry" wrote:
> >
> > > Besides the price, can anyone give me the pro's and con's of these
> > > data modelling tools. Cost is strong determining factor for us but I
> > > would like for clearly understand the merits of both before making a
> > > possible short sighted decision. If there any articles or web sights
> > > you can recommend, I would appreciate it. The VISIO did not provide
> > > enough information for me.
> >
Received on Thu Apr 18 2002 - 21:13:05 CEST

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