[Framers] Stefan wanted to know why so many of us Adobe users "feel" the way we do about Adobe

Lin Sims ljsims.ml at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 10:24:19 PDT 2021


Interleaf still exists, but it's called Quicksilver these days.

https://broadvision.com/products/quicksilver/quicksilver-overview/

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:24 PM Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.com>
wrote:

> At 16:55 -0600 12/10/21, <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:
>
> I tend to agree: all software eventually 'dies' as technology moves on.
> Look at Interleaf, for example. But with the cost and effort required to
> rewrite FrameMaker from scratch, including structure support, I don't see
> it happening. In theory, though, it can be done incrementally, using code
> refactoring.
>
> There is a maybe bright light on the horizon for us old folk. I read that
> Cobol programmers can command astronomical fees these days to keep
> 'essential' banking software alive. Just an idea... :-)
>
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> Steve
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Lin Sims


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