Historical FrameMaker upgrades

[Dov Isaacs]

Since FrameMaker 7.x is no longer eligible for upgrade pricing and because there was no version of FrameMaker for Macintosh beyond FrameMaker 7, there is no remaining crossgrade path for users of Macintosh versions of FrameMaker. Your only upgrade path now is to buy a newer version of FrameMaker and either run it on Windows hardware or on a virtual machine running on a Intel processor-based Macintosh.

	- Dov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve Rickaby
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 3:53 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Historical FrameMaker upgrades
> 
> I've just discovered that with FrameMaker 10 Adobe are doing the same as with the Creative suite apps:
> historical upgrade paths are closed off, so one cannot upgrade directly from FrameMaker 7 to
> FrameMaker 10.
> 
> Does anyone (Dov?) happen to know what the situation is with crossgrades? I've been using FrameMaker 7
> on Mac with complete satisfaction for several years and many books; my forward path is either an Intel
> Mac with FrameMaker 9 or 10 under VMWare, or upgrade my Windows box, which is geriatric. In view of
> the less than warm welcome of FrameMaker 10 (and, for that matter, 9), maybe I should look for a full
> copy of Windows FrameMaker 8 on eBay or elsewhere?
> 
> I have never been sure how the Adobe crossgrade procedure works, and specifically, the check process
> for a valid existing copy.
> 
> Any information welcomed.
> 
> --
> Steve