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From: chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A CASE for the Macintosh
Keywords: CASE, Computer Aided Software Engineering, software development
Message-ID: <3358@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 88 06:13:43 GMT
References: <631@netxcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <631@netxcom.UUCP> dmcintee@netxcom.UUCP (Dave McIntee) writes:
>
>	CASE tools aid systems developers in the creation and validation
>of various types of diagrams. Techniques include DeMarco/Gane and Sarson
>dataflow diagrams, state-transition charts, structure charts, Chen or
>Martin entity-relationship diagrams, and others. Some even allow you to
>define your own symbols and modeling rules to set up your own diagramming
>techniques.
>
...
>based platform". So why isn't the Macintosh at the fore, or moving to be,
>in this market?
>

Actually, I just returned from a plant trip to a large corporation with
several engineering departments.  I was kind of dissappointed as I realized
early in the visit that most of the departments are using IBM PCs if they
were using any sort of PC's at all.  What a rude introduction to the real
world :-)

But a bit later that day, a department I visited was filled with Mac SE's!
And, they were doing CASE work on the SE's...unfortunately, I forgot the
name of the package, but from looking at the printed output it looked pretty
capable.  Apparently, it was pretty difficult for them to get the SE +
Laserwriter combination since the company is primarily into IBM's, but that
department felt that the SE/LaserWriter combo works better than the IBM PC
equvalent.

Christopher Chow
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