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Subject:Re: Competitors to AuthorIt? From:Susan Scott <susanmscott -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:02:14 -0700
Xmetal? Ugh!
Interestingly enough the proeuction of docs in parts of a very large
WS co are being done in Xmetal now and every one hates it. It is
clunky and slow. But maybe there is a more streamlined version out
that that I dont know about.
On 10/25/05, Martinek, Carla <CMartinek -at- zebra -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Mandy -
>
> You may want to check out XMetal.
>
> I've used trial versions of both XMetal and AuthorIt, and I felt more
> comfortable using Xmetal. XMetal (with DITA) paired with Idiom's
> content database was a very nice solution, especially if you have (or
> will have) translation needs.
>
>http://www.xmetal.com
>http://www.idiominc.com/
>
>
> -Carla
> cmartinek -at- zebra -dot- com
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