>Hi Craig ---
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>VM and Rational Rose are the same product, it's just that Rational Rose is more fleshed out. I know VM fairly well...just have to make a recommendation on that or Paradigm Plus and don't know crap about Paradigm Plus (except that it's UML based and has great brochures) :-)
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>>>Here's a tough one for you: Can anyone provide a comparison between Visual Modeler/Rational Rose and PLATINUM Paradigm Plus?
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>>VM is easy...it really is VB specific...and not very flexible. As for Rational Rose and Paadigm, you can probably get marketing materials from each company and then compare their comparisons. Personally, I'd go with Rational. They big names in UML work for them.

I understand the connection between VM & Rose. As a couple of other thoughts, maybe you should contact Steven Black. He's pretty much the Fox/UML guru.