All,
I evaluated the "Java Studio Enterprise 8". It has a real good UML tool. I would have used this if this was available free when I started my assignment.
I recommend this because
1) It's free
2) It is more productive than the pure UML tools. It helps apply
patterns - both GoF and
EJB in a very simple way. (of course, one must have a big picture and identify the problems for which we want to apply patterns)
3) It is quite fast ( more responsive than Together Architect and of couse Rational Architect which is very slow to do the same task on the same PC).
If one is not emotionally bonded with Eclipse -Sun Studio is a very good free alternative. (built on Netbeans platform)
Thanks,<br />Vamsi Poondla,<br />SCJP 1.2, SCEA, PMP