Rational Company

See http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/

Has been purchased by IbmCorporation for US $2.1 Billion as of December 6, 2002. --StevenNewton

A good thing... now we should get better Linux support out of them. As an independent company, Rational had the habit of asking "how high?" every time Microsoft said "jump".

Products:

• List, A to Z
  • http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/sw-atoz/
• RequisitePro
• RationalRose
• Other stuff to get you to use the RationalUnifiedProcess. Isn't it the other way -- RUP is something to get you to buy all the tools in the Rational suite?

--AnonymousCoward

• Development Conference 2007
  • http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/events/rsdc2007/