SQL Developer Data Modeler - kudos and ?
133683Jul 9 2009 — edited Jul 9 2009Hi,
There must be a niche for a new modeling tool with this functionality but its differentiation is not clear to me.
Compared to the beta, the product seems tight - most of the bugs seem to have been dealt with.
It's great that dfds are supported. This is one of the most intuitive ways to represent business process. The same goes for the Barker notation in the ERDs.
Forward- and reverse-engineering work much better than in the beta. Well done!
A number of questions/issues:
This product has been billed as a Metadata Management Product. If so, where are lineage and business metadata? Or perhaps you're still trying to define your market. Are you considering integration with OWB?
Why is the installation of a read-only tool required? A browser-based reader would seem to make a lot more sense. This seems like a step backwards in terms of technology.
The price per seat is a bit much. Given the current functionality ER Studio or Embarcadero or some competitive offering are more attractive - at least these products are known quantities in this market. For very basic modeling JDeveloper database/object models and activity diagrams cover much of the same ground.
If you're going to charge $3K, the big red "Free Download" icon on the home page is misleading.
Where is the repository? If you add that, the product might help to sell database licenses and you might be able to rethink the $3000 charge. If and when a repository materializes will you create/publish an API? If the product is truly based on CWM, will it support XMI?
Regards
- Michael