<s>
Astah	B-Language
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
JUDE	B-Language
(	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
UML	B-Language
Developers	O
 '	O
Environment	O
,	O
pronounced	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
UML	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
tool	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Japanese	O
company	O
Change	O
Vision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUDE	B-Language
received	O
the	O
"	O
Software	O
Product	O
Of	O
The	O
Year	O
2006	O
"	O
prize	O
,	O
established	O
by	O
Information-Technology	O
Promotion	O
Agency	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUDE/Professional	O
is	O
the	O
product	O
version	O
of	O
JUDE	B-Language
with	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
JUDE/Community	O
plus	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUDE/Professional	O
began	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
part	O
of	O
diagrams	O
 '	O
expressions	O
of	O
UML2.0	O
from	O
version	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUDE/Professional	O
supports	O
also	O
ER	B-Architecture
diagram	I-Architecture
from	O
version	O
3.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUDE	B-Language
development	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Kenji	O
Hiranabe	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Change	O
Vision	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JUDE	B-Language
was	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
software	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
years	O
later	O
JUDE	B-Language
started	O
selling	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
decision	O
came	O
about	O
because	O
some	O
UML	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
tools	O
existed	O
overseas	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
a	O
bit	O
high	O
priced	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
get	O
feedback	O
from	O
Japanese	O
users	O
and	O
could	O
evolve	O
more	O
if	O
JUDE	B-Language
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
JUDE	B-Language
users	O
was	O
120,000	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
JUDE	B-Language
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Astah	B-Language
after	O
receiving	O
concerns	O
from	O
German	O
users	O
who	O
pointed	O
out	O
the	O
product	O
name	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
German	O
word	O
Jude	B-Language
,	O
which	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
male	O
Jew	O
.	O
</s>
