RE: Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise?
From: Anonymous Poster [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a prospective client who is considering moving from Ventura to FrameMaker. Their documentation contains text and tables, is broken up by chapters, and does not have any graphics. Before proceding with the project, she would like to know if there are advantages of moving to FrameMaker, or if it would better for them just to stick with Ventura. Ventura Publisher was a feature-rich product long before FM was bought from Frame by Adobe, but after several years on nondevelopment by Xerox (after purchasing VP from Ventura Software), the market share was easily taken over by FM. Corel bought VP and resumed development, but now there has been no release in the past 3.5 years. (You can still buy Corel Ventura 10, but you can't get a demo or eval copy.) So it looks like a repeat of the Xerox situation. I don't know anyone who still uses VP. Too bad; it used to be a great product. Btw, I have a copy of Xerox VP 3.0 still in the shrink-wrapped box. Maybe someday it will be worth something. :) _ Regards, John Wilcox, Technical Writer Zetron, Redmond ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise?
On 4/11/06, John Wilcox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ventura Publisher was a feature-rich product long before FM was bought from Frame by Adobe, but after several years on nondevelopment by Xerox (after purchasing VP from Ventura Software), the market share was easily taken over by FM. Corel bought VP and resumed development, but now there has been no release in the past 3.5 years. (You can still buy Corel Ventura 10, but you can't get a demo or eval copy.) So it looks like a repeat of the Xerox situation. I don't know anyone who still uses VP. Too bad; it used to be a great product. ... which pretty much sums up the huge downside with property software. After you buy it you are at their mercy. :-( Bodvar ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise?
> From: "Anonymous Poster" > I have a prospective client who is considering moving from Ventura to > FrameMaker. Their documentation contains text and tables, is broken up > by chapters, and does not have any graphics. Before proceding with the > project, she would like to know if there are advantages of moving to > FrameMaker, or if it would better for them just to stick with Ventura. Ventura Publisher was a feature-rich product long before FM was bought from Frame by Adobe, but after several years on nondevelopment by Xerox (after purchasing VP from Ventura Software), the market share was easily taken over by FM. Corel bought VP and resumed development, but now there has been no release in the past 3.5 years. (You can still buy Corel Ventura 10, but you can't get a demo or eval copy.) So it looks like a repeat of the Xerox situation. I don't know anyone who still uses VP. Too bad; it used to be a great product. Btw, I have a copy of Xerox VP 3.0 still in the shrink-wrapped box. Maybe someday it will be worth something. :) _ Regards, John Wilcox, Technical Writer Zetron, Redmond
Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise?
On 4/11/06, John Wilcox wrote: > Ventura Publisher was a feature-rich product long before FM was bought from > Frame by Adobe, but after several years on nondevelopment by Xerox (after > purchasing VP from Ventura Software), the market share was easily taken over > by FM. Corel bought VP and resumed development, but now there has been no > release in the past 3.5 years. (You can still buy Corel Ventura 10, but you > can't get a demo or eval copy.) So it looks like a repeat of the Xerox > situation. I don't know anyone who still uses VP. Too bad; it used to be a > great product. ... which pretty much sums up the huge downside with property software. After you buy it you are at their mercy. :-( Bodvar
Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise?
This message was forwarded anonymously on request. If you want the original poster to see your response, you must reply to the Framers list. All direct replies to this message are automatically discarded. Contact Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] with questions. ^^^ Good morning, I have a prospective client who is considering moving from Ventura to FrameMaker. Their documentation contains text and tables, is broken up by chapters, and does not have any graphics. Before proceding with the project, she would like to know if there are advantages of moving to FrameMaker, or if it would better for them just to stick with Ventura. I've been using FrameMaker for years, and love it. I ordered a copy of Ventura for another project on Friday, but haven't received it yet. This will be my first time using Ventura, so I don't know how to answer her question. I've done some searching, and it seems that people either love or hate Ventura. I've yet to discover any compelling reason to move to FrameMaker. Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise?
This message was forwarded anonymously on request. If you want the original poster to see your response, you must reply to the Framers list. All direct replies to this message are automatically discarded. Contact Lisa lisa at frameusers.com with questions. ^^^ Good morning, I have a prospective client who is considering moving from Ventura to FrameMaker. Their documentation contains text and tables, is broken up by chapters, and does not have any graphics. Before proceding with the project, she would like to know if there are advantages of moving to FrameMaker, or if it would better for them just to stick with Ventura. I've been using FrameMaker for years, and love it. I ordered a copy of Ventura for another project on Friday, but haven't received it yet. This will be my first time using Ventura, so I don't know how to answer her question. I've done some searching, and it seems that people either love or hate Ventura. I've yet to discover any compelling reason to move to FrameMaker. Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
