Dia is cool, and intuitive. Give it a try. >From: Luke Francl <fran0382 at tc.umn.edu> >Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >To: Twin Cities Linux Users Group <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >Subject: [TCLUG:19217] Visio and Dia? >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:49:30 -0500 (CDT) > >Hi All, > >My boss and I are writing an article for publication about the database >backed website we made [1]. For this article, I'd like to create some >diagrams of the data model and the server setup and things like that. I >could do it in Photoshop or xfig, but I'm not real big on graphics anymore >and don't really *want* to. > >I've heard about a program for Gnome called Dia >(http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/dia.shtml and >http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/dia.html) which seeks to emulate the >functionality of the $$$ data modeling program for Windows, Visio >(http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/) which is now owned by Microsoft >and part of the Office suite. > >Does anyone have any exprience with either of these programs (esp. Dia, >because Visio costs a lot of money, so it's doubtful I could get it)? I >need a compelling reason to get my boss to pursuade the IT support people >to let me switch to Linux on my desktop. This *might* be it! > >Thanks for any input, >Luke > >[1] I work for the University of Minnesota Libraries, www.lib.umn.edu if >your curious. It's nothing special from a .com standpoint, but radical >from a library standpoint. And no, going to 800x600 was NOT my idea. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org >For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org