Following on from last week’s thoughts - a more general ramble on the “appearance” of tools of today and how CA-Gen stacks up. We all know how dated the user interface of Gen looks - but does that really affect its productivity ? It certainly affects its image, which pobably in turn affects its’ take-up. Users [...]

• Welcome to our wikizine called "CA-Gen"
  Welcome to our wikizine called "CA-Gen"

  Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "CA-Gen". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about...

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• Is is “Cool” to be “Cool” anymore? - can we be Certified “Gen” ?
  Is is “Cool” to be “Cool” anymore? - can we be Certified ...

  Does anyone remember this:  This was the “Certified Cool” logo that Sterling Software introduced in 1998 to allow people to get certified in Gen a-la Cisco or Microsoft Certification. As far as I...

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• Jumar Solutions updates website and Gen complexity analysis
  Jumar Solutions updates website and Gen complexity analysis

  One of the most prolific CA Smart Partners (Jumar Solutions ) has updated their website with complete new look - Go and check it out !! Why am I “plugging” a company in this blog entry rather than...

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• Model-Based-Development and Top-fuel Dragsters
  Model-Based-Development and Top-fuel Dragsters

  It seems to me that over the last few years, the reliance on source code has decreased. To explain this further - most aplications today seem to be cobbled together, or “assembled” from components...

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• Gen is Eclipse’d !
  Gen is Eclipse’d !

  Having looked at the new release of the Diagram Trace Utility (DTU) in Gen 7.6 and discovering that it’s based around Eclipse is a good thing. This means that the folks at CA are getting their act...

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