The new The Rational Developer Powerpack has been released, it includes XDE – Java Platform, XDE – .NET Platform, Rational
Rose Enterprise Edition, Rational Rose RealTime, PurifyPlus, software evaluation guide, technical articles and whitepapers, valuable code snippets and reference
applications, a handy quick-reference posters and much more. Also take a look at this interview with Rational Chief Scientist Grady Booch, who offers insights on the future of software development.
Rational Rose is one of the worst pieces of software that I ever have had the missfortune to use. Extreme unstable, hard to use, destroyed files, the list can be made as long as you want. I seriously started to question Booch and his theories when the same company where he works can’t produce what a few teenagers can throw out for fun and free.