Question about Rational SODA tool

[Dov Isaacs]

If "FrameMaker is to go bye-bye very soon," that would be
real news to anybody at Adobe, especially the team working
on the next release.

Which "colleague" was told by "whom?" It is very easy for
sales and marketing reps from competitors to spout out this
type of cr*p, but it doesn't mean that it has any foundation
in truth.

	- Dov
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:46 AM
> To: framers at frameusers.com
> Subject: OT: Question about Rational SODA tool
> 
> All,
> 
> I have a colleague who is being told that Framemaker is to go 
> bye-bye very soon and that she will be needing to use 
> Rational SODA to develop her documentation. I have googled 
> this tool (as has she) and if they (as in her powers-that-be) 
> want a developer who likes to write, then this would appear 
> to be the tool of choice; however, for "classic" end-user 
> deliverables such as Sys Admin guides, User Guides, OLH, etc. 
> is does not appear to be the tool to use. She is desperately 
> needing some supporting arguments/input to validate why 
> Framemaker needs to stay.
> 
> Has anybody used this tool? Does anybody know anything about 
> it? Arguments for/against using it as a classic TW tool? This 
> list has sooooo many literate, articulate and knowledgable 
> folks, I am sure somebody has experience with this or can 
> explain the for/against tool arguments and help her along - 
> Fred, John, Shlomo, Steve, Peter, Lynn, Kay, Bernard, etc. . 
> . . Calling all to arms!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> TVB
> 
> Tammy Van Boening