[Framers] Bootcamp vs. Parallels or VM, WAS: FrameMaker and Salesforce

[Pat Christenson]

Hi, John -

I've run FrameMaker under both Parallels and VMware Fusion but have only used in on a Windows platform for the last several years. I may soon be in a position to use a Mac again. I'm curious about your preference for Bootcamp (which I've never used). I would also love to hear from other Framers on this topic.

Thanks.

Pat Christenson

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John Sgammato wrote:

In other news, we are also a Mac house. Over three years of trial-and-error, we have determined that our best setup is Bootcamp on the Mac, not Parallels and not VirtualMachine.


On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Robyn Chittister <rchittister at vlocity.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Does anyone use FrameMaker and then integrate that documentation with 
> Salesforce?
>
> I'm 1 of 1-1/2 technical writers at a start up that creates cloud apps 
> for Salesforce. We are currently using Salesforce Knowledge to create 
> and deliver our documentation. Knowledge is possibly the worst 
> documentation tool I have ever used. We've been looking at various 
> single-sourcing solutions, and we're down to MadCap Flare and FrameMaker.
>
> I'm a FrameMaker user from way back - I started with FM+SGML 5.5 in 
> 1999. I developed templates and tools for FM+SGML and FM+XML from 
> 1999-2005. I've used FM 12 in an unstructured environment, and am 
> happy to see the improvements. I'm not sure how many improvements 
> there have been in the structured environment, however. I've tried to 
> contact Adobe, and have gotten a human being to say he'll give my 
> questions to a solutions specialist to answer. Knowing Adobe, I'm not going to hold my breath.
>
> My questions are:
>
>    - Is anyone here writing doc for Salesforce or Salesforce apps? If so,
>    what tools do you use?
>    - Is there a good comparison of the most recent versions of Flare v. FM?
>    The only ones I've been able to find are from several years ago.
>    - Is anyone here using FM+XML (either v12 or 2015) who could answer some
>    specific questions I have about it?
>
>
> We're a Mac house, so I can't just download the trial versions. We 
> understand that we will need to get me set up with a VM and Windows to 
> use the software we choose.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> ~Robyn
>
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