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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630565121-17112010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Have used Dia for a few years.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630565121-17112010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Nice simple tool, we run it on XP and win 7 with no issues,
but there is a GTK plug-in (name could be wrong) that has to be installed as
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Laurie
Savage<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 18 November 2010 8:40 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Year 12
Software Development Teachers' Mailing List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12
SofDev] UML preferences<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993366">Has Dia been ported to Windows?
I’ve used it for years on Linux, it’s very useful for quick and dirty flow
charts as well as entity diagrams and UML<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993366">Laurie<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Selina Dennis<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 17 November 2010 8:41
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List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] UML
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We
plan on using Dia (<A
href="http://live.gnome.org/Dia">http://live.gnome.org/Dia</A>), as we’ve used
that in the past for Network Diagrams, flow charts, etc, and it supports
UML. It’s also conveniently FOSS under the GNU
License.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Secondary College<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Mark KELLY<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 17 November 2010 8:27
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] UML
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal>Hi Paula<BR><BR>Please excuse my
ignorance, but doesn't the "U" in UML mean "Universal"? So how can there
be preferred UMLs?<BR><BR>Do you mean preferred <B>tools</B> for representing
UML (like Visio)?<BR> <BR>Regards<BR><BR>Confused of
McKinnon<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On 17 November 2010 15:50, Christophersen, Paula P <<A
href="mailto:christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</A>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear
colleagues</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Following on from the
discussions about use cases and UML, does anyone have a preferred UML? What are
you intending using next year or have you used? I would appreciate your
feedback.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Paula</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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