Influencing Adobe on FrameMaker

[Ezra Steinberg <ezra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan:

I really like what you wrote here and agree with you completely. I'm
just sorry you put this at the end of your posting (on the Free Framers
list at framers@omsys.com) where some folks may have missed it.

danemory@primenet.com wrote:
> 
<snip>
>
> I'm not quite as pessimistic as Thomas (Michanek) is about the possibility
> of influencing the outcome (of what Adobe does with FrameMaker). Having been 
> a political operative at the
> local, state, and national levels for one of the major parties (including
> a stint as a speech writer for the party's presidential nominee a
> number of years ago), I know that the one misery politicians and
> companies like Adobe can't endure is a relentless drum-beat
> of focused public criticism by a well-organized and ever-widening constituency.
> 
> When such organized efforts begin, politicians and companies
> react the same way: Stand pat. Hope the constituency has no
> staying power, and will just fade away. So the first thing Adobe
> must be convinced of is that we are effective, and aren't going
> to relent. They must.
> 
> I think we can rally some of the major license holders to this
> cause if we try.
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