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Subject:Re: FrameMaker Discrepancy From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 5 Dec 1996 08:39:52 -0600
Rebecca Phillips wrote:
> The FrameMaker discrepancy is both location and platform related. If you
> ask companies that develop on UNIX, I bet you will find that practically
> all of their technical writers use Frame. Those writers are horrified at
> the thought of using Word, so when they move to Windows, they take Frame
> with them. Frame for Windows is a relatively recent development. That
> may be why it hasn't caught on yet.
I agree that UNIX shops tend to use Frame, primarily because it's one of
the very few UNIX DTPs out there. I'm not really horrified at the
thought of using Word; I'm more horrified at the thought of Microsoft
trying to do UNIX programming. :)
Steve
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