StarUml is dead (NOT)!! Long Live the Stars!!

Star UML a very nice stable open-source design tool was suspected to be dead.
The tool is downloaded quite heavily, but development seems to have been abandoned as of 2005 with a stable release version 5.0.

But hey!! Just-a-minute, StarUML seems to have been rebooted as of (2010-July-19).
Originally written in Delphi, looks like its being converted to an eclipse plug-in in java.
Don't know how long it'll take to do the conversion though.
Seems like there are two(?) developers working on it right now.
Best of Luck to you.
Anybody with experience in Eclipse plugins and Java wanna help?!!!

Refer the project news and an announcement below:

Kick-off with Java-based StarUML Project

http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=152825

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BookReview: Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (Second Edition) by Grady Booch

THE book which opened my eyes to design, types, interfaces using OOPS/OOAD.
Till then C++ meant coding.

This book introduced how to model what you can imagine into code. Configurable, flexible, orthogonal....

The design of the book with each chapter starting with different quotations and interspersed with meaningful dry humour cartoons makes this a memorable book.

Thank you Grady Booch.