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OSNews: theKompany.com’s Data Architect Review

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 20, 2003

“Before plunging into the details of my week-long tryst, I
should reveal what Data Architect is. Data Architect is a
cross-platform, database neutral, ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram)
based, data modeling tool, which runs on Linux and Microsoft
Windows. It also supports OS X, but unfortunately my wallet
doesn’t, so I will have to limit this review to the former
operating systems. Now that we have all the technobabble, acronyms
and buzz words out of the way, let’s look at Data Architect.

“No software review would be complete without blathering
incessantly about, and basing the majority of the review on, the
installer. In this case I’m afraid I must disappoint. On Microsoft
Windows, the installer is a single, simple Microsoft Installer
(.msi) file. You double-click on it and Data Architect, through the
miracle of modern mouse-clicking technology, is quickly
installed.

“Installing Data Architect on Linux is slightly more
challenging. Data Architect itself is quite easy, but you may need
to install some other software as well, which I will mention in a
moment…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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