Re: [TCLUG:19217] Visio and Dia?

["Kelly Black" <blackk100@hotmail.com>]

Dia is cool, and intuitive.  Give it a try.


>From: Luke Francl <fran0382@tc.umn.edu>
>Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>To: Twin Cities Linux Users Group <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>Subject: [TCLUG:19217] Visio and Dia?
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:49:30 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Hi All,
>
>My boss and I are writing an article for publication about the database
>backed website we made [1]. For this article, I'd like to create some
>diagrams of the data model and the server setup and things like that. I
>could do it in Photoshop or xfig, but I'm not real big on graphics anymore
>and don't really *want* to.
>
>I've heard about a program for Gnome called Dia
>(http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/dia.shtml and
>http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/dia.html) which seeks to emulate the
>functionality of the $$$ data modeling program for Windows, Visio
>(http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/) which is now owned by Microsoft
>and part of the Office suite.
>
>Does anyone have any exprience with either of these programs (esp. Dia,
>because Visio costs a lot of money, so it's doubtful I could get it)? I
>need a compelling reason to get my boss to pursuade the IT support people
>to let me switch to Linux on my desktop. This *might* be it!
>
>Thanks for any input,
>Luke
>
>[1] I work for the University of Minnesota Libraries, www.lib.umn.edu if
>your curious. It's nothing special from a .com standpoint, but radical
>from a library standpoint. And no, going to 800x600 was NOT my idea.
>
>
>
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