TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Beta testers are silenced by a thorough NDA from Adobe. Adobe seems not
announce new releases too far in advance. The upside is this reduces the
chances of vapourware, a la Microsoft, but the downside is potential
customers might perceive the product as stale or worse, no longer under
development.
From forums and U.G.s, and from other sources like John Warnock's keynote
available at http://www.frameusers.com (no, I don't buy his statement that
he uses FrameMaker as his word processor <vbg>), and from other events, such
as the recently-announced FrameMaker beta for Linux, and given what InDesign
cannot do, I am certain, beyond any doubt, that FrameMaker 6 is coming. I
have not seen an announcement from Adobe, but I have seen statements from
folks associated with Adobe that point to the latter part of Q2 as a release
target.
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lucas [SMTP:peterlucas -at- mediaone -dot- net]
Sarah,
Can you point us to a source at the Adobe web site (or somewhere
else) that
backs up your assertion? Peter Lucas
> >Actually, I've heard from somebody who has interviewed with Adobe
that
there> >are no plans for future feature releases of FrameMaker, only
maintenance
> >releases to fix> >bugs. If this is indeed the case, I think we're
pretty much stuck with
the> >current> >FrameMaker doc set as it exists now. :-(
> >-Hank
>
> Not true. Adobe has announced that FrameMaker 6 will be released
in
"mid-2000".
>
> Sarah
