Re: Moving from IBM to Mac

Subject: Re: Moving from IBM to Mac
From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:07:50 -0500


David Knopf wrote on 11/12/2004 02:42:26 PM:

> on 11/12/2004 11:30 AM Sarah Stegall wrote:
> RTF is a proprietary -- and some would argue anachronistic
> -- file format.

> FrameMaker's .fm and .mif are also proprietary file
> formats. However,
> with Frame 7.1, you can use XML as the native file format. XML is a
> standards-based, non-proprietary format.

But why suffer the limits and compromises of the non-proprietary format
for your everyday work?

Use binary FM files but with a plan to migrate when necessary to XML.

Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer

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