future of FrameMaker

[Lester C. Smalley]

I'll drink to that!  (although actually I prefer good ales...)

There is a point when such speculation does warrant consideration, such 
as the (very) long lag between updates or new releases that FrameMaker 
has experienced in the past.  However, given the fairly recent release 
of FM8 and then the Technical Communication Suite edition, this is 
frankly ridiculous at this time.

On Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:16 AM, Richard Combs wrote:

| Jakob Fix wrote:
|  
| > I would like to know if anybody has some reliable first-hand 
| > information about the future of FrameMaker.  I have recently 
| 
| You know, this question was worth serious consideration the first
| dozen or so times it came up. It was mildly amusing the next dozen 
| or so. Now -- after release of FM8 and the tech writing suite --
| it's just silly and becoming tiresome.
| 
| > heard of people having attended Adobe training sessions for 
| > FrameMaker that Adobe may/will probably stop FrameMaker 
| > development.  As the organization I am working for is a big 
| 
| Adobe will stop FrameMaker development -- someday. And you will
| die, too. 
| 
| > user of FrameMaker (but we don't currently have any direct 
| > contacts with Adobe), we are getting slightly worried about 
| > the future.
| 
| "The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
| 
| Have a beer. :-)
| 
| Richard
| 
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| Richard G. Combs
| Senior Technical Writer
| Polycom, Inc.
| richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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- Lester 
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