Is FM11 completely backward compatible with FM10?

[Alan Houser]

I've had differences of opinion and experience with others over the 
stability of FrameMaker 12 versus 11 (or previous releases). Stability 
appears to vary widely with different source files, practices, 
computing/network environment, etc. For example, I have a client who had 
a stable platform with FrameMaker 11, but is in tears because FrameMaker 
12 crashes so frequently and unpredictably.

Historically, FrameMaker's sweet spot has been as a workgroup tool ... 
deployed to multiple seats within an organization. But Adobe has always 
sold FrameMaker as a desktop tool. And Adobe's insistence that 
"everybody migrate every 18 months" goes against workgroup requirements 
of stability and predictability.

Having said that, I like FrameMaker 12. I just wish it were easier to 
maintain workgroups on older versions (including availability of new 
licenses for older versions), for organizations that wish to maintain a 
stable, predictable environment and workflow.

-Alan
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Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
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412-450-0532

On 5/5/15 1:53 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
> Just a $.02 contribution... but you may not be able buy 11, unless 
> you're on a corporate license plan.
> FM 12 is faster and more stable than 11, IMHO, so you may want to go 
> there for everyone, and 13 is likely to be in development.
>
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> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Jim Duszynski 
> <JimDuszynski at skylineproducts.com 
> <mailto:JimDuszynski at skylineproducts.com>> wrote:
>
>     Happy Tuesday Framers!
>
>     We are adding a writer and current have FM10. I want to buy FM10
>     or FM11 but am not sure if FM11 is completely backward compatible
>     with FM10. Can anyone verify that the FM working files are
>     interchangeable between FM11 & FM10, with no special save to FM10
>     steps? I know there’s a difference and I think that is DITA output
>     with FM11 (Thanks to Klaus for the FM feature history!). I’d
>     appreciate hearing from anyone who has been down this road before me.
>
>     Thanks in advance!
>
>     */Jim Duszynski/*
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