[palmer]

bury Rational Rose and the rest of the software suite without so much as a whimper

I think you're right about Rose. Visio is a poor man's Rose already, Rose is bigtime bloatware, and Microsoft will walk right into that market. But the cross platform tools like Purify aren't a target market for Microsoft. But the bloat in Purify and ClearCase will end up killing them too.

[ClearCase_guy]

But the bloat in Purify and ClearCase will end up killing them too.

I'll certainly be watching developments.