[X4U] FrameMaker Petition

[Jerry Kemp]

We have had the FrameMaker discussion several times on this list, and I hope 
this time we will have more success that with previous times.

As a long time FrameMaker user, most of my FrameMaker time is currently done on 
a Sun Solaris workstation.

Why your statements concerning the use of Classic Mac OS FrameMaker on Intel 
based Mac's are certainly correct, I would hope that If Adobe does release a 
FrameMaker product for for Mac OS X, I would hope that they would do it in the 
dual binary format as there are certainly a lot of G4 and G5 systems out in the 
wild.  And on a personal note, I purchased the latest Powerbook and Power Mac 
workstation upon the announcement of Apple's move to Intel.

Jerry K


Randy B.Singer wrote:
> For those who don't know, Adobe's FrameMaker was/is a dynamite program 
> for authoring large works.  
> http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html
> Unfortunately Adobe never released an OS X-native version of FrameMaker, 
> and with the advent of Intel-based Macs, users can no longer run the 
> classic version of FrameMaker since the new MacTel machines can't run 
> Classic.
> 
> This was sent to me by a hopeful FrameMaker user (~flipper, 
> lord.flipper at gmail.com):
> 
> 
> Adobe has made a statement, recently, regarding the 'possibility' of 
> renewing their FrameMaker for the Mac platform. They had released 7.2 for 
> Windows and Solaris, and were asked about a Macintosh revival. The 
> comment they made was of the sort that left the door open.
> 
> The statement was made last November, at an Adobe event called Adobe 
> FrameMaker 2005 Chautaugua, held in Raleigh, Karl Matthews, Group Product 
> Manager of Publishing Technologies at Adobe said that "...if [Adobe] 
> see's changes in the market and [Adobe] see's an opportunity [in the 
> Macintosh market for FrameMaker], then we'll respond to that."
> 
> Apple Computer, apparently is still using FrameMaker, in OS 9, to produce 
> their own user guides, and apparently Apple's technical writers are 
> amongst the folks making noise in the direction of Adobe. So, there is 
> some serious interest.
> 
> There's an online petition for folks who are interested in a version of 
> FrameMaker for OS X. They ask that people only sign once, as the 
> signatures are proofread, and all dupes have to be removed manually.
> 
> <http://www.petitiononline.com/fmforosx/petition.html>
> 
> There's also an online site, FrameMaker For OS X.org, with lots of 
> additional information about the need for a version of FrameMaker for OS 
> X, that is worth checking out:
> 
> <http://www.fm4osx.org/>
> 
> And here is the FrameMaker user group mailing list site, for anyone who 
> is interested:
> 
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fmforosx/>
> 
> 
> 
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)
> 
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