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To: <framers@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: FM's place at Adobe
From: "Craig Ede" <craig.ede@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:34:14 -0600
Sender: owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx
I don't find these statements alarming. It's not much different than saying a child's drawing of a face is more like a drawing of a face by Michaelangelo than either is like an actual person's face. Craig Ede Los Jugadores Bazutadores >>>>SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Lindsey Thomas Martin <lindseym@fraserinstitute.ca> 03/20/00 02:58PM >>> 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 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<UNSNIP<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **