Re: Influencing Adobe on FrameMaker

[Michael Richards <michaelr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Come on, Dan. I've only just seen your post, living -- as I do -- on the other side
of the world, trapped in the calendar date of tomorrow but in the temporal
coordinates of yesterday!

This little Ozzie department of 50 UNIX Framemaker licenses will do all that it can!

Dan Emory wrote:
> 
> Ezra:
> 
> So far at least, you're the only one who has responded to
> Thomas' and my posts. Also, I note that no one has bothered to
> cross-post Thomas' initial post to BradFramers, even though he
> requested that be done (I can't because I've been banished
> permanently from FrameUsers because I kept raising issues about
> Adobe's commitment to FrameMaker).
> 
> If that reflects the level of apathy out there, then Adobe is correct.
> FrameMaker should be allowed to die a slow death, with no further
> releases after 6.0.
> ==================================================
> At 11:09 AM 6/27/00 -0700, Ezra Steinberg wrote:
> >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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