It doesn’t help things when the subscription price of FM goes up by 30% .. and TCS up 40%! I did hear that Flare jumped 50% though, so apparently it’s a trend? Sounds to me like they are getting a bit desperate, no?
...scott Sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos or unexpected brevity. > On Jan 12, 2023, at 2:04 PM, Keith Soltys <ke...@soltys.ca> wrote: > > I think you are right, Tammy. FrameMaker is an old-school product and Adobe > doesn't seem to be doing much to promote or improve it. I watched the webinar > for the new release a few months ago and I was distinctly underwhelmed. > That's not going to bring new users to the list. > > In my own case, I was laid off (with some rejoicing) in late 2018. I thought > I might try to land some short-term work, but then various life events and > the pandemic hit, and I now consider myself retired. I am not sure why I'm > still subscribed here since I don't have a personal copy of Frame but I do > occasionally look in to see what's going. I should look at my archived > material from work to see if I could repurpose any of it into a blog post, > but the last version of Frame I used was FrameMaker 2010, there's probably > not much point. > > It was fun while it lasted though. > > Regards > Keith > >> On 1/12/2023 11:47 AM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: >> I don't think it's a List issue. It's just that the vast majority of users >> on the list are getting long in the tooth (if they haven't already retired), >> so list traffic has dropped exponentially. Makes me feel a tad lonely and >> sad after being an active member for almost 25 years!! The names that still >> ring in my head that were once so very active on the list . . . >> >> I do know that if you post a question, there's a stalwart group of us left >> (Alison, Mike, Peter Gold, Fred Ridder, Lin Sims, me, Rick and several >> others) who will always answer. >> >> I do agree with Craig - us few survivors are darn near experts at this point >> (save the one or two Whiskey/Tango/Foxtrot moments that Frame can still >> provide) and the position of FrameMaker in the marketplace probably doesn't >> support its fervent use any more. I am just glad that I will be fully >> retired before I witness it's death. >> >> Here's to a happy and healthy 2023 for all of us. >> >> Tammy Van Boening >> Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com >> www.spectrumwritingllc.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This message is from the Framers mailing list >> >> Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com >> Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com >> Archives located at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >> Subscribe and unsubscribe at >> http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
