Release Date for FrameMaker 8?

[Dov Isaacs]

Diane Gaskill obviously does NOT have a "reliable source"
inside Adobe.

	- Dov


> -----Original Message-----
> From: flists.frameusers.com 
>  On Behalf Of Alan Houser
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:51 AM
> To: Diane Gaskill
> Cc: framers at frameusers.com; Neil Tubb
> Subject: Re: Release Date for FrameMaker 8?
> 
> Given Adobe's historical 18-month release cycle, I would be 
> surprised to see a new FrameMaker release within a couple of 
> months. (I believe FrameMaker 7.2 shipped in September 2005). 
> Pleasantly surprised, of course.
> 
> The Creative Suite is somewhat closer to the end of an 18 
> month cycle (April 2005), and Acrobat 7 has been out even 
> longer. Given the propensity of even internal Adobe folks to 
> confuse products like "PageMaker" and "FrameMaker", I might 
> speculate that the source was mis-informed. Only Adobe knows 
> for certain, however.
> 
> -Alan
> 
> Diane Gaskill wrote:
> > I've heard from a reliable source inside Adobe that it could be out 
> > within a couple of months.
> >
> > Diane
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lists.frameusers.com
> > Behalf Of Neil Tubb
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:01 PM
> > To: framers at frameusers.com
> > Subject: Release Date for FrameMaker 8?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Anyone have a clue as to Adobe's plans for the next major 
> release of 
> > FrameMaker? I'm trying to convince my boss to upgrade us to 7.2 from

> > 7.1 (ooohh...multiple undos!), but he wants to know first if a major

> > upgrade is around the corner. Any insight here would be greatly
appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Neil
> --
> Alan Houser, President
>