Options for cross-grading, Mac to PC

[Steve Rickaby]

I've just had an interesting discussion with Adobe European Support on the issue  of cross-grading from FrameMaker on Mac to FrameMaker on PC.

It seems to come down to this:

. Produce an invoice for the original purchase of FrameMaker (in my case, from Frame Corp in 1991)

. Sign a 'letter of destruction' from Adobe vowing that you will never again use FrameMaker on the Mac

. Pay the upgrade fee

and you then get FrameMaker for PC at the upgrade price. Adobe call this a 'cross-system procedure'.

However, I need to be able to retain the use of FrameMaker on Mac, where my installations go back to FrameMaker Version 3, much as an upgrade from, say, Version 6 to Version 7 will allow you to use both versions. I am happy to put up with the network spoiler, as I will never use more than one version or copy of FrameMaker at the same time.

If I understand things correctly, the only way I can do this is to buy a new full copy of FrameMaker for PC. Adobe can forget that.

Anyone else been through this hoop? Is it different in the States?

-- 
Steve