Hi Tom, On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 12:56 -0400, Tom Morris wrote: > > I hope I haven't violated the spirit of community voting. If > > I have, I apologize for that. > > I don't see a problem with doing what it takes to get a feature that you are > interested in implemented. Having said that, I think you may be > overestimating the usefulness of voting in achieving implementation. What's > really needed is more developer resources. My personal Argo to-do list > never gets short enough that I'm scouring the issue database for more work > to do. The particular issue that you're talking about is one that I've > never voted for, but have done work on.
I understand that developer resources is critical issue. I truly believe that it is one the major issue that is preventing me from from being successful in using ArgoUML, along with AndroMDA, as part of a open source tool chain that my company would use internally and we could market to clients. If I can successfully generate income from the use of ArgoUML, it will be in my interest to devote my time, some of my developers time, and some money to the ArgoUML project. I may be able to devote a limited amount of time for the development of the feature now, if it involves tasks that don't require me to know a lot about the internals of ArgoUML. I am somewhat familiar with MDR and the manipulation of UML models in MDR. > > About a month ago, I initiated email discussions with some of > > the developers of AndroMDA http://www.andromda.org/ , > > regarding what they needed to switch from Magic Draw to ArgoUML. > > I think making it *possible* for the AndroMDA developers to use ArgoUML for > their work is a good goal, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for them to > switch once it is possible. There very well may be non-technical factors > (political, financial, familiarity, etc) at play. If they wercee to switch, > it would provide them with no real benefit and it would require them redo > all their diagrams for their profiles and sample projects. ose I completely agree, Getting AndroMDA developers to switch to ArgoUML is not a primary goal. However, talking to them about what theyL > > The fact that the tool that the AndroMDA developers use makes such a big > difference really highlights the complete failure of the OMG to do its job > properly. It's only in the past few months with the arrival of UML 2.t1 that > it's become possible for modeling tools to actually achpeve useful > interchange. It'll take some time for this availability to ripple down > through the food chain. > > Tom > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
