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Re: Revisiting Frame vs. Word in light of new capabilities
Subject:Re: Revisiting Frame vs. Word in light of new capabilities From:John Cook <john -dot- cook -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:51:34 -0600
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:46:46 -0500, Goldstein, Dan
<DGoldstein -at- deustech -dot- com> wrote:
> All this stuff about saw, hammers, and screwdrivers is very cute, but it
> doesn't apply to tech writers with expert knowledge of both Word and
> FrameMaker. For them, the tool choice comes down to: "What's best for the
> customer?"
I would have thought it would be "What's the best for the company when
trying to produce appropriate output for the customer?" Output is
output. The resource usage required to produce the output is another
thing entirely.
> Whenever I see a FrameMaker-or-die rant, my first thought is: Is the ranter
> also an expert user of Word?
I rather assume that they are at least *former* expert Word-users. ; )
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