You base this theory on...? Because I worked at MSFT at the height of the UML craze, in the Developer Tools division to boot, and the "DevDiv must make money"[

You base this theory on...? Because I worked at MSFT at the height of the UML craze, in the Developer Tools division to boot, and the "DevDiv must make money"[0] mandate didn't come down until after the industry had collectively decided to move on from UML. Additionally, who do you think was going to stand ready to sell you the tool that "automate(s) app creation from specs"? Ever see a copy of VS 2003-ish? Conspiracy theories are fun, but the "real" reason is in one of the several articles floating around HN that past few days. Mainly, it was a disorganized mess that no one was going to build tools for. Then IBM got hold of it, then... [0] Previously it was, "we don't care if it makes money as long as it supports the Windows platform", hence the "developers, developers, developers" from Ballmer that folks like to dunk on. I was a grunt in DevDiv, so take it all with a grain of salt.