Frame Light, what's the potential market?

[Alan T Litchfield]

Totally agreeing with Rick here, and yet curiously, we are both SMEs.  
Go figure ;)

Alan

On 23/02/2011, at 10:14 AM, Dr Rick Smith wrote:

> I admit I'm astonished that any software product manager could ask  
> about the market for a "Light" version of their product.
>
> I thought the industry had already proven - time and again - that  
> such things never thrive.
>
> If they want to expand the market for Frame, why not bring back the  
> Mac/Unix versions?
>
> Moreover, they could focus on the benefits Frame carries over the  
> competition, like numbering and cross references that by-golly work,  
> and work reliably. This fills an important niche in tech writing,  
> especially for those of us who don't have the patience to fix such  
> things by hand.
>
> And it would definitely improve my own workflow if I could create a  
> printer-ready PDF directly from Frame, instead of having to re-edit  
> my simple, if numerous, diagrams in Illustrator. But then I wouldn't  
> need to buy a copy of Illustrator.
>
> I'm a one-man outfit, so I doubt they care what I want.
>
> Rick Smith.

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