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Subject:Re: What are the latest tools From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Ronald Schwarz <RSchwarz -at- cosmocom -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:35:47 -0700 (PDT)
> I've been reading in a few places that FrameMaker is "showing its
> age."
I HATE those yellowed and brittle CDs.
What does "showing its age." mean? It produces great documentation.
Those that say it is "showing its age." are probably the ones who are
upset that you can't convert the content into blogs and wikis...but
then you tried that...how'd it go? :-)
> I was even notified by a vendor that Webworks Publisher is no
> longer supported. They are supporting a newer product in its
> place.
>From their web site:
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