On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Lou Syracuse <lous@iconmediadirect.com> wrote:

> What I need is a good alternative to Visio.

>

> I would LOVE to use it, but my company won't buy it and the IT Director

> won't let me use the MSDN license for it so it sits unused.   And I can't

> afford a license for it on my own...

>

> Lou

Not a one-to-one drop-in replacement, but I've had success with

OpenOffice.org's Draw program for the simpler diagrams and Dia and

Inkscape for more sophisticated stuff.

Be aware that Visio is like an elephant; a very different beast

depending on your perspective. It does flow charts, org charts,

network discovery and mapping, business rule processing, etc. It has

its own proprietary format, which even Visio has trouble reading at

times. The XML version of its format is somewhat more compatible, but

it's been catch-as-catch-can with interoperability with it, too.

So, what is it you'd like to do with Visio?

--

Ted Roche

Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

http://www.tedroche.com

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