FrameMaker 12 Cloud

[Steve Rickaby]

With all respect to Maxwell, special offers do not answer Rick's point. Adobe has generated *massive* ill-will over its licensing policies; I only hope this this is reflected in some substantive way, such as the stock price, that will cause it to rethink.

>Incidentally, if a major release comes out (e.g. FrameMaker 13) during your subscription, you are automatically upgraded at no extra cost.

This is often touted as an advantage of cloud-based services, but is in fact a Really Bad Thing, as it can invalidate an organization's substantial investment in training and expertise by changing user interfaces and capabilities without warning - not to mention, er..., causing disruption to productivity (modesty forbids me from putting this more strongly, although I'd like to).

Just my 10c.

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Steve Rickaby BSc MBCS CITP MISTC  <http://www.linkedin.com/in/steverickaby>		
WordMongers Ltd                    <http://www.wordmongers.com>
[FrameMaker user and evangelist since 1993]