FM's place at Adobe

[Lindsey Thomas Martin <lindseym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here are some extracts from a thread (If Word can do it ...) from
Blueworld's Indesign list that shows how one person, at least, at Adobe
views FrameMaker. If such a perception is wide-spread at Adobe, one does
not have to look much further to see why the re-packaging called FrameMaker
6.0 has not addressed any of the long-standing typesetting deficiencies and
malfunctions in FM.

Lindsey Martin 

>PCJ wrote on 3/18/00 4:21 AM:
>
>> Even MSWord can make a table. I guess that about says it all.
>
>Unfortunately it doesn't. It's comparing apples and oranges (or apples and
>rubber bands). I've explained this before on this list, but I'll do it one
>more time.
>
>Put in simple terms, the way that word or document processors like Word and
>FrameMaker approach document structure is very, very different from that of
>a more free-form layout tool like InDesign, XPress, Illustrator, FreeHand,
>PageMaker, etc.
>
>Tim Cole
>tcole@adobe.com

>Craig Faichney wrote on 3/18/00 12:33 PM:
>
>> It's curious that FM is lumped in with Word. Is it structurally more akin
>> to Word than as a "free form" layout app?
>
>
>Yes, you got it...and so is Ventura...
>
>
>Tim Cole
>tcole@adobe.com


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