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Subject:RE: Rumour about Framemaker - is it true? From:T K <tvk_tw -at- yahoo -dot- ie> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:49:11 +0000 (GMT)
The source of my 'rumour' is a work colleague. As far
as I know his source was another work colleague in a
sister company (that comes under the same parent
organisation as the company I work for), but based in
another country (Holland - I am in Ireland). It is
possible to establish where the person in Holland
heard about this, but what if this person heard it
from an external contractor, who heard it from a
client etc etc.? Basically if we followed the trail,
we would either get to the original source of the
rumour or possibly get lost somewhere along the way. I
acknowledge the validity of what you are saying, but I
am not sure how well it would work in practice. The
reality is that when discussing things people
sometimes distort the story somewhat. I was just
trying to establish the truth or otherwise of what I
had heard in regard to the future of Framemaker. I am
relatively new to the field of technical
communication, so I would not have heard about the
"rumour" in its original guise. From David Farbey's
comment, it would appear that there is some substance
to the rumour.
Tom.
--- Stephen Arrants <steve -at- microbrightfield -dot- com>
wrote:
>
> T K asks:
> > I have just heard a rumour this morning that
> FrameMaker is
> > coming to an end i.e. there will be no subsequent
> releases
> > after the present release.
>
> This rumor comes up every couple of months.
>
> Can we have a "rule" that anytime someone passes
> along a rumor, they
> also mention the source?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve arrants
>
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