On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Robert Lauriston wrote:
FrameMaker 7.2 was released in 2005. There's no reason to upgrade
something that works, and no reason to spend time and money on
upgrades to deal with Microsoft compatibility bugs you can solve for
free.
Switching from 7.2 to 13 (2015) could be a lot of work due to the
switch to Unicode in version 8. Plus there's the learning curve
introduced by the weird UI layered on in version 9. If you use
keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse, the switch could be
particularly painful.
Amen, Robert.
For us, FM7 has become something of what Word is for a lot of people
-- a utility word processor for day-to-day tasks. We don't roll out
the 777 to make a quick trip to the store when the reliable (and fully
amortized) old Chevy is available.
Oh, and even old FM7 is wayyy more reliable than Word. Plus, if the
task suddenly got more complex, without breaking stride FM7 could
sprout some little wings and possibly still get us there, likely
avoiding the big, expensive machine until it's really needed for
something it does better (if you'll allow me to torture the
transportation metaphor. <w>)
Frank
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