[Framers] FM on Next - question from a nostalgic person Was: Framers Digest, Vol 171, Issue 8

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At 02:26 PM 6/18/2020, Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:26:24 +0000
Subject: Re: [Framers] Framers Digest, Vol 171, Issue 8
>Phillip Norman wrote:
>
> > I address this conversation with wish the simple nearly-free 
> tools I use, should be packaged for a large new set of users, for 
> purchase at very small cost. If Adobe isn't interested, look for 
> other possibilities.
>
>Indeed!
>
>I still receive this list because I am (a) a relatively early 
>FrameMaker user - started in 1988 on a Sun 3/50, so nostalgia 
>applies to me, and (b) still occasionally fire up version FM 12 to 
>make *small* changes to existing older FM documents.
>
>Otherwise, due to the high cost of "upgrading" FM decision by Adobe 
>form FM 15 onwards, I moved away from their tools some time back.
>
>Now, the last one is Acrobat Pro and I am trying other PDF tools to 
>evaluate them as functional replacements - so far, the SoftMaker PDF 
>tool appears to be working pretty well for my needs.
>
>My choices - and this will NOT necessarily be applicable to others 
>for their documents, of course! - was to switch to LaTeX markup for 
>all *my* specification documents (using a very nice editor for 
>relatively instant and easy check of the PDF output), and various 
>Magix/Xara tools for image editing, video editing, and brochures. 
>The Magix/Xara tools are not free, but very low-cost, and much less 
>expensive than Adobe ... including upgrades.
>
>I am happy with those decisions ... indeed, the experience has made 
>me look for other lower-cost products too. So, I am also evaluating 
>SoftMaker Office as an alternative to Microsoft tools that I still 
>use (for presentation and spreadsheets for example).
>
>Z
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