Re: RoboHELP baby

[Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> Would say that it's nice that you're finally going to have it, except that
> now Macromedia is sunsetting the product.
>
> Don't specifically know when they announced it; at the end of the summer I
> think. There is a new company called madcap software
> (madcapsoftware.com)that has put out beta versions of its Flare product.
> This company was started by Mike Hamilton and some other former Macromedia
> developers.

Actually...

- Macromedia never officially sunset RoboHelp...this is a conclusion
drawn by many because MM removed the "subscription" plan from their
site and laid off most of the developers. (The rest quit, AFAIK.) See
the WritersUA site (http://www.writersua.com/articles/rh/index.html)
for Joe's take, based on a WritersUA conference session from last
March. (WritersUA is a TechWhirl sponsor.)

- RoboHelp is now owned by Adobe. It can be purchased through
Macromedia's Web site.

- Flare is in closed beta (all testers are still under NDA). The last
I heard, the product was due to be released in January/February 2006.
More information is available at the MadCap site.

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