RE: does UNIX FM7 work on Linux platform?

[Bill Briggs <web@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's no question that a lot of people on the list have benefited 
from your help over the years, but the other fact that you don't seem 
to register is that for many people on the list - myself included - 
one of the biggest FrameMaker "problems" they have is precisely the 
future of the product. And the history of Adobe's handling of 
FrameMaker shows clearly that they have cause to be concerned. As one 
who has had his decade old workhorse put on life support, there is 
understandably an irritation. There would be no hand wringing and 
speculation if Adobe had shown some interest in the product during 
the last 9 years. It's hard for me to imagine that one can't see this.

- web

At 10:40 PM -0800 1/22/05, Dov Isaacs wrote:
> PLEASE stop reading between the lines. As I believe most of you
> know, I am not part of the FrameMaker development, marketing,
> support, or sales organization. I simply have reported on or
> elaborated on facts that are otherwise public. I am not trying
> to sneak secret product futures messages to you. Nor is my name
> Claire (you know her, Claire Voyant! :-) )
>
> Over the last seven years or so, I have participated on these lists
> (the "Framers" lists) as an unofficial means of getting feedback on
> print and PDF publishing workflow issues as a general input to
> Adobe's overall product development process AND in the process, try
> to assist a few users who had problems and issues that I could
> readily resolve via the limited media of email. (I would like to
> think that I have been successful on both counts!) However, these
> "Framers" lists have and continue to move more towards product
> futures speculation, (highly ineffective) pressure campaigns (i.e.
> on-line petitions signed by persons who for the most part do not
> have real purchase authority), etc., as opposed to primarily a
> technical information exchange. Thus, I believe that my useful,
> active presence on these lists has come to an end. Members of
> the list should not assume that I will be monitoring the "Framers"
> lists anymore.
>
>         - Dov
>
>
> At 1/22/2005 04:46 PM, Diane Gaskill wrote:
> > Dov, I may be reading something into your message that is not there,
> > and if so, apologies.  Apparently the only support for new copies
> > and upgrades for Frame is now on Windows and Solaris, but Adobe is
> > still looking at other platforms for possible business.
> >
> > - Diane
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bounce-framers-103204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:50 PM
> > To: Framers List
> > Cc: Framers List; Framers List
> > Subject: Re: does UNIX FM7 work on Linux platform?
> >
> >
> >
> > At the time, our marketing research in fact did reveal amongst
> > potential Linux users, there was a strong resistance to what we
> > believed to be reasonable pricing (i.e., parity with the pricing
> > of FrameMaker for Windows or Macintosh). A good business case
> > could not be made for FrameMaker in the Linux environment.
> > BTW, FrameMaker for UNIX only survives for Solaris.
>  >        - Dov

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