From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2a778bf6ed58cf6a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Greg Gorman" Subject: Re: Ada Tools Date: 2000/09/28 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 675179633 References: <39D27E8F.4E7D932D@west.raytheon.com> <8qvi4m$l8$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 970159086 24.221.56.18 (Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:38:06 PDT) Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:38:06 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ted & Everyone, As one who has been around since 1992 as an employee and a customer/user since 1987...here is the history as best as I can remember it. Feel free to chip in if my dates are a bit off: 1982: First there was "Teamwork". It was and still is a Yourdon SART development tool. Started on the Apollo. --HQ in Providence RI. 1987?: Teamwork/Ada editor introduced. Also introduced primitive (navigation only) Shlaer-Mellor/OOA support and VMS platform 1992: Added Shlaer-Mellor OOA diagrams and auto-generators to Teamwork and called that ObjectTeam/OOA Around mid-1994 When OMT became the big fad, we set up a contract with ProtoSoft (bought by Platinum, bought by CA) to re-sell Paradigm+ as ParadigmPlus/Cadre Edition. It also became known as ObjectTeam/OMT in there somewhere. Feb 1995: Contract expired with ProtoSoft. We "went dark" for a while with an OMT solution. Mar 1995: Cadre purchased Westmount Technologies BV of The Netherlands. They had two products: ICASE and OMT. --ICASE was a Yourdon SART style tool, Cadre renamed to VantageTeam. --OMT was renamed to ObjectTeam/OMT **Note that ObjectTeam/OMT and Teamwork are completely separate products, with completely different architectures and lineage! Jan 1996: Windows version released that interoperates with Unix and vice versa (OT4.0) Jul 1996: UML version released (OT6.0), had the capability to switch back & forth from OMT to UML, even to the current version today. Mar 1997: Bachman Information Systems merged (acquired really) Cadre and the new company was called Cayenne Software. --Really cool trade show giveaways --Product names stayed the same. --Shlaer-Mellor OOA product terminated (ObjectTeam/OOA). Remember: it was completely different than OMT/UML tool! --HQ moved to Boston area --Last version of ObjectTeam was 8.1 in appx July 1997. Oct 1998: Sterling Software purchases Cayenne Software --ObjectTeam 8.1 renamed to COOL:Jex 4.0, replacing existing Sterling-developed COOL:Jex product. (Personally, I hated that name, but "them that has the gold makes the rules...") --Engineering moved from The Netherlands to Atlanta GA. July 1999: Telelogic acquires rights to source code from Sterling --re-badged as Tau UML Suite --agreement separated markets so Sterling went for mainly IT and legacy accounts, Telelogic for telcos and real-time. March 2000: Telelogic purchases entire COOL:Jex business unit from Sterling --PRIOR TO the acquisition of Sterling by CA (by about a week). --Key employees voluntarily resigned from Sterling and hired on to Telelogic, including the Atlanta team. --CA retained ownership of Teamwork, Telelogic has reseller rights only. CA does support & maintenance billing. --Product is renamed "Telelogic Tau UML Suite" to fit in with other product families: "Tau SDL Suite" and "Tau TTCN Suite". BTW: Tau is for real-time--the Greek letter. "Tao" is where you'll need the Lotus position...;) --Engineering staff doubled in size, remains in Atlanta --The product numbering was kept consistent, so Jex users can keep track of where they are in the update sequence. --There have been three releases since Telelogic acquired it (4.2 in March, 4.3 in July and 4.4 on 1 Oct). I apologize if my dates are a bit off, this is all off the top of my head. If anyone needs more information, feel free to drop me a note or check out our website for contact numbers and addresses: http://www.telelogic.com. Greg Gorman West Region Sales Telelogic North America ...formerly Sterling Software ...formerly Cayenne Software ...formerly Cadre Technologies whew. "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:8qvi4m$l8$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > In article <39D27E8F.4E7D932D@west.raytheon.com>, > "Michael S. Simpson" wrote: > > There was a product called Cool Jex (formerly Cadre ObjectTeam - a > > graphical OO model of TeamWork) available from Sterling Software in > > Plano, Texas (USA). It is supported on Win95/98/2K boxes. I believe > > After Cadre it became Cayenne ObjectTeam. We bought a copy from Cayenne > for the project I'm currently working on. Then Sterling bought Cayenne > and renamed the product "COOL:JEX" (It *must* be cool, it says so right > in the name!). Then Computer Associates bought Sterling, and sold off > COOL:JEX. Now its Telelogic Tau UML Suite. It sounds like I'm supposed > to sit in the lotus position while using it.(sigh). > > Tune in tomorrow for the next thrilling installment of: "As the UML tool > Turns". > > -- > T.E.D. > > http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. >