Hal Snyder wrote:
>
> Kervin Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm a network manager so I need visio compatibility, thus Visio is
> > the one program that forces me to keep a windows machine around.
>
> Had to toss in my .02. I'm a network manager so I don't want Visio
> floating around. Source format is proprietary and binary. No version
> control. No substitution of strings. Must run MS OS to use the tool.
> Feh.
>
Yeah, try telling your boss ( and the rest of the department also ) that
they should convert all their network diagrams to a format that dia
could understand because you not feel like running visio, or send
her/him some strange format that doesn't automatically open visio when
he/she clicks on. : )
Other (better?) solutions are out there, but like it or not, visio is by
*far* the industry standard. Therefore compatibility could only do
competition (eg. dia and the others you mention ) good.
regards,
-Kervin