What is the target customer for Rational XDE Developer?
Rational XDE Developer is targeted at developers of Java platform applications, Microsoft .NET C# applications, and (starting with v2002 Release 2.1) Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET applications. To be more specific, it’s for .NET C#, Visual Basic .NET, and ASP.NET developers, developers using WebSphere Studio Application Developer or any Eclipse-based IDE, and Java platform developers who haven’t yet chosen an IDE or are looking for a new IDE. Many companies have developers who are just getting started with the Java platform (for example, Cobol developers migrating to it) who are also good candidates for using Rational XDE Developer.