What version of Frame to Get Started ?

[Peter Courlis]

Good Afternoon,

Dov Isaacs said (in reference to Framemaker): 
"what is hawked on EBay is either pirated or 
stolen goods."

Gosh, I am happy that you told me that.
I have seen Framemaker listed on EBay that stipulates
"installed on one machine, only" and other variants of this
statement.

So I did wonder about that (registration and installation) 
and said to myself:
"Well how would you know?"

So unless that it was stated that "it is new" or Shrink-wrapped,
and that "it is returnable" I do not even consider reading more...
I recently saw a Ver 7.2 (on EBay) with an attractive price,
that I got excited about, until I read down into the Listing and it said 
"Absolutely No Returns"...
So I said: "I don't think so !!!"

Regards

Peter


--- On Thu, 5/15/08, Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com> wrote:

> From: Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com>
> Subject: RE: What version of Frame to Get Started ?
> To: "neat_gent at yahoo.com" <neat_gent at yahoo.com>, "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 6:04 PM
> Please be careful wrt/ EBay software "purchases" -
> a large percentage
> of what is hawked on EBay is either pirated or stolen
> goods. Pirated
> includes simply copying disks and giving you the serial
> number as well
> as massive CD duplication efforts. In some cases what is
> being "sold"
> is a copy of a package that already has been upgraded and
> not eligible
> to be legally transferred to someone else. Before bidding
> on such an
> item, get proof that it is indeed a legal copy that can be
> legally
> transferred. Such information could be obtained from Adobe
> Customer
> Support given a name and serial number.
> 
>         - Dov
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Courlis
> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:54 AM
> >
> > Good Morning,
> >
> > I want to learn more about Framemaker,
> > I have Ver. 5.5 and have fooled with that but
> > need more experience...
> >
> > The prices of the latest version scare me, unless
> > I had a contract or revenue input from writing...
> >
> > Recognizing that ver. 5.5 has basic functionality,
> > what would be a next step?
> > Is it worth searching EBay for ver. 6.0 or try
> > to find ver. 7.1 at a reasonable price?
> >
> > On occasion, I find late versions of
> "Upgrade" packages
> > available on EBay... Would some version of Upgrade 7.0
> > (or 7.1) bring my ver. 5.5 up to the next current
> level?
> >
> > The recent List discussion on Jahred's
> "Beyond the Basics"
> > has stirred my curiosity,  therefore I have found a
> copy
> > of that text to read and review...
> >
> > Any comments appreciated
> > A (latent) newbie Writer.
> >
> > -pc