On 05 Feb 2001, 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.
>
> We use dia, xfig, tgif. My favorite these days is tgif - maybe dia is
> a little *too* much like Visio for me :-) - but all three are
> outstanding tools. We embed CVS $Id$ or such in title box. We can also
> run scripts to populate labels in a diagram from current DNS, etc.
I totally agree that having a textual format is worth its weight in gold.
> I consider Visio in this setting not only unnecessary, but
> undesirable.
Undesirable for everyday use, sure, but many, many Visio diagrams exist out
there that bind people to MS OS. If Dia could read them (doesn't have to
be able to write them:), that'd allow those people to switch to Dia without
having to redo everything.
-Lars
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