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. This fills me with dread, simply because while there are people that can quite simply fit components together, and craft some [...]

• 21st Century Gen
  21st Century Gen

  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...

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• 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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• 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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