Rachel Polanskis wrote:
>
> Sluggers,
>
> I read on /. about Applix and Adobe both making annoucements about
> discontinuing popular products on the Linux platfrom.
>
> Applix is begging that free officeware products are biting too hard.
> What about Adobe?
>
This is not as bad as it may seem at first glance.
I believe Applix has mealy discontinued it's desktop version in favor of
a server version (as in ASP version) that they are working on.
As far as FrameMaker is concerned, I work for a large print company with
a substantial DTP and Output Bureau and in my three years here, we have
had a call for FrameMaker on about 5 occasions. If it's that scarce on
Windows you can imagine how scarce it is on Linux.
Lets not kid ourselves support from commercial software vendors is
important if Linux is to succeed on the desktop, however these two
products we can probably live without :)
Regards
Brett
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