Re: ERwin vs. Visio

That's an old version of Visio that doesn't have the database modelling capabilities that I'm referring to.

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news: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 - 21:44:29 CEST