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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: UMLBoy on October 09, 2009, 04:33:05 pm

Title: Can you provide online chat service?
Post by: UMLBoy on October 09, 2009, 04:33:05 pm

I hope you can provide online chat support.

Title: Re: Can you provide online chat service?
Post by: Oliver F. on October 09, 2009, 06:20:23 pm

Have you noticed the forum capabilities of EA?
Though this is not realtime it greatly helps in collaboration.

What we do is use the forum for feature discussions and then do resolve the remaining issues via Skype or Webex.

Online chat services are a critical thing when it comes to securing business communication. There are a zillion solutions on the market which already care about all issues related to business collaboration and communication. Reinventing that wheel in EA would not be on my personal high priority list.

Just my few (€) cents.

Oliver

Title: Re: Can you provide online chat service?
Post by: Geert Bellekens on October 09, 2009, 06:21:07 pm

Euhm,... If I'm not mistaken Enerprise Architect is a UML Modelling tool.
I fail to see how that is even remotely related to an online chat service.  :-?
Care to explain?

Geert

Title: Re: Can you provide online chat service?
Post by: Oliver F. on October 10, 2009, 02:44:09 am

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I fail to see how that is even remotely related to an online chat service.  :-?

I can see that online collaboration brings quick results when discussing a model approach especially in distributed development environments like ours is. Exchanging model information here brings a definite benefit.
However there are alternatives available- like eg. WebEx or cheaper solutions.
(No, I am not talking about MS NetMeeting. Last time I tried I got black and pink boxes all over the model moving slowly in various directions. This is not for desktop collaboration).

Oliver