Release Date for FrameMaker 8

[David Creamer]

> 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.
> 
Acrobat 8 is supposed to be out by the end of the year. I would imagine it
will support importing/imbedding of Flash files.

CS3 should be out around April 2007 due to the Windows Vista delay and the
Macintosh Universal install.

FrameMaker is anybody's guess, but I will say I'm unimpressed by the
multiple undo feature in 7.2, and the upgrade pricing of the last few
versions (7.0-to-7.1 and 7.1-to-7.2). I would like to see a discounted
upgrade when only moving one "notch" up.

David Creamer
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