Re: Mac FrameMaker - Adobe Rep Confirms Demise

[Peter Gold <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When the inventor of the xerographic process showed it to IBM, they hired a
consultant who took a year to research whether or not to license it. The
research showed that there was no market for a plain-paper copy process,
that nobody had a need, or could imagine what value it might have for them
over the then-current photostat method.

So the inventor took his stuff to Ilford, an English photographic materials
manufacturer (the British counterpart to Eastman Kodak) who did license it,
and the rest is history.

Bill's right on the mark about uncertainty killing customer demand.

Regards,

Peter Gold
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On 2/15/04 11:10 AM, "Bill Briggs" <web@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 4:37 PM +0100 13/02/04, Thomas Michanek wrote:
>> Compared to having endless rumours and aggrevated customers that
>> cannot make any decisions other than the kind that will hurt future
>> FM upgrade sales, which is better for Adobe, FM and the users?
>> There have been a number of postings on the various FM forums from
>> people that will postpone purchase of Adobe products until a
>> statement is issued by Adobe. I think that means lost sales...
> 
> This is the kind of thing that makes for self-fulfilling prophesy.
> 
> If people aren't buying because the future is uncertain then it
> appears to Adobe that there isn't any demand for the product, so it
> becomes more likely that the product is EOLd.


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