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Where is the Linux Visio???
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| Mike Cox 2005-11-15, 3:59 am |
| As an enterprise architect, I design every business process and function
using Microsoft Visio. My office building was in fact planned by me
using Visio down to the last vase and plant. The business process was
modeled using UML! In fact every action down to the receptionist was
architected by me using Case Diagrams. The receptionists are instructed
to follow the gang of four's Correlation Identifier as two-phase commit
is not ideal as proven using Markov Chains.
I apply the normal distribution to employee performance and terminate
those to the left of curve every two quarters. Rank and yank, with a
quarter warning to let under-perfomers improve.
The command and control structure programs of my business are created
using Visual Studio.NET 2005 using C++ by importing my UML Class
diagrams . I personally use Viso to design all the classes. C++ Classes
are too important to be handled by anyone but myself.
Classes are important, and that is why I trust Visio to generate them
automagically for me. In fact, I haven't touched VS.NET 2005 as Visio
exports my diagrams straight to the junior developer's Source Safe. I
mandate boost libraries be used AND STL. Failure to do so will result
in immediate termination with a poor reference. Herb Sutter and Lipman
books must be on every dev's reference desk in good physical condition.
I have stopped all purchase orders for new computer equipment in
anticipation of Microsoft's Windows Vista Operating System. In fact, we
now have such a shortage of computers that eXtreme programming is a
necessity!!! We even have the secretaries doing eXtreme Secretarying.
Three secretaries to one PC.
I expect that the ROI (return on investment) by upgrading to Windows
Vista will be so great that no new capital purchases can be justified as
every dollar must be saved for Vista. The only exception is for myself
as I now have a quad Intel Xeon server running Windows 2003 Server
Datacenter Edition as my desktop machine. This machine of course will be
replaced along with every other computer in my company when Vista is
released. The new WinFX programing model coupled with the visual
experience of XAML will, according to my projections boost productivity
at my firm 100%. And all of this will be controllable via Microsoft
Visio.
I plan my servers with Visio. Visio was integral in helping me plan the
deployment of my MS BizTalk servers that communicate with our partners
and suppliers. Visio mapped how that BizTalk server would talk to our
MS Commerce Server which powers the back end of our web presence and MS
Content Management Server which helps the web staff manage the apperance
of our web content. All this is tied to our SQL Server and Exchange
Servers which were planned by me using Visio.
How can Linux claim to be ready for enterprise when in fact, Linux or
Free Software does not have an equivalent of MS Visio? As an Enterprise
Architect, I would not be able to function without Visio.
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| Steve Jorgensen 2005-11-15, 3:59 am |
| On 15 Nov 2005 07:14:10 +0100, Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>How can Linux claim to be ready for enterprise when in fact, Linux or
>Free Software does not have an equivalent of MS Visio? As an Enterprise
>Architect, I would not be able to function without Visio.
Have you looked at dia? I haven't used it enough to say if it does what
you've benn using Viso for, but check it out if you haven't already.
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| Rob Hughes 2005-11-15, 7:56 am |
| Mike Cox wrote:
<snip yammering>
Off on another flight of fantasy, I see. As an enterprise architect, did you
ever get your tilt-wheel mouse working? Since you think you do everything
in Visio, how come you didn't write your little news thingy in it? Any
special reason you're cross-posting to comp.software.extreme-programming,
but setting follow ups elsewhere? Does being you hurt? I strongly suspect
it does.
--
Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a way of life.
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| chrisv 2005-11-15, 7:56 am |
| Rob Hughes wrote:
>Mike Cox wrote:
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><snip yammering>
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>Off on another flight of fantasy, I see. As an enterprise architect, did you
>ever get your tilt-wheel mouse working?
LOL
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