One other possible (untested) solution: Has anyone tried running FM under OpenSolaris? Conceivably that would work on an Intel/AMD box, and could also work virtualized under Linux or MacOS.
FM 7.x apparently works reasonably well in Crossover Linux, the commercial development of Wine: http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/search?name=FrameMaker&company= &medal=&date_start[1]=1&date_start[2]=1&date_start[0]=2000&date_start[3] =0&date_start[4]=00&date_end[1]=6&date_end[2]=20&date_end[0]=2008&date_e nd[3]=13&date_end[4]=18&search=app Mike McCallister -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rene Stephenson Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:06 AM To: peter at knowhowpro.com Cc: FrameUsers List Subject: Re: How FM use impacts purchasing decisions I'm hearing Parallels and other solutions for Mac are the workaround for FM dependency; and SPARC+Solaris is the non-PC environment for FM. I would be fine without the Windows security updates. I keep auto-update disabled anyway and let my IT guru selectively install the ones that are truly needed and proven not to be a Pandora's box. (Color me paranoid, but I once lost too much time with a Windows update that interfered with stuff right before a deadline.)
