Re: QuarkXPress 7 vs Adobe InDesign CS

["Raj Machhan" <raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Oh no! Al, my intention has not been to hurt you or anyone else at all. I am
sorry if you feel that way. I am relatively new to the list and so far I
have not seen anyone speaking openly for a product in such a situation.
Personally, I have not come across such intense rivalry for market share.
You can try googling Adobe InDesign vs Quark and you will be amazed to see
the kind of stuff that is going around. It will take me five minutes or so
to let you know of my opinion so far, but I would prefer not to add fuel to
the fire. Moreover, my level of understanding of the products is not enough
to make a comparison. I am still at the initial stages of my project and I
am still not fully sure about the application that I have chosen. Quark and
InDesign are huge applications in terms of functionality and I still have
some distance to cover working with the demos before I firm up my opinion.
I am grateful to all of you, Jim, David, Sheila, for showing me the way and
I in all probability I will be back with more queries in the near future.
I am a writer, and I would prefer to stick to that role. Passing judgements,
especially on a  subject about which I am not fully aware, is not my call.

Raj


On 6/14/07, Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Raj Machhan wrote:
>
> On 6/14/07, Peter Gold <peter -at- knowhowpro -dot- com> wrote:
>
> >> Care to share your solutions?
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> I am not sure whether it would be fair to do that.
> While researching for a best fit on the Web, I found that Quark and
> Adobe have been caught up in a no- holds-barred battle for turf for the
> last
> two or three years. The competition, though, is good for the customers, as
> it has lead to major cuts in prices, better product bundling, innovative
> features etc etc.
> I have made my choice but I am not mentioning it in these columns as it
> has
> the potential of being misunderstood as an attempt to promote one product
> over the other.
> TECHWR-L is a prestigious and influential platform for professionals
> across
> the globe and I would  like to maintain its integrity.
> However, I would be glad to share my views with you, individually, over
> any
> other media of your choice.<<
>
>
> Pretty lame excuse Raj. Many on this list have asked similar questions and
> shared the answers with the list. I find your reasoning, as I said, pretty
> lame. Personally, I feel insulted.
>
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