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Subject:RE: FrameMaker Vs Word From:KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:40:15 -0500
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> .From: LDurway -at- pav -dot- com [mailto:LDurway -at- pav -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 3:51 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: FrameMaker Vs Word
.> > I've used and preferred Frame for years, but Adobe says
> > there's no business case for porting it to Linux.
> >
> > My company wants to exit Windows, soon. Linux is the
> > intended landing zone.
> Isn't there some sort of hosted Windows package that you
> can run on UNIX so that you can run Windows apps?
None that I know of that:
a) is sufficiently stable and
b) doesn't require you to still have the Windoze
licenses.
We want to get away from Uncle Bill's clutches.
It was the money thing, but it's turning into a
philosophical/partisan thing -- for which I applaud
my IT manager... she's kewl! :-)
/kevin
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