FrameMaker for Mac OS X petition updated
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Mar 7, 2006 at 9:39am
Apple’s new Intel-based Macs don’t support the Classic environment and, therefore, don’t support Adobe FrameMaker. There’s now an updated online petition to change this situation.
The petition reads: “We, the undersigned, petition Adobe Systems to develop and release a version of FrameMaker for Mac OS X. After 14 years of FrameMaker for Mac, we are very disappointed that Adobe Systems has decided to discontinue it. We understand that FrameMaker is available for Windows and Solaris, but the hardware, software, and reeducation costs make switching to these platforms prohibitive. FrameMaker is a fantastic product, without equal, and we’re confident that a version for Mac OS X would be a great success. We strongly urge Adobe Systems to consider our request.”
Paul Findon, organizer of the FrameMaker for Mac OS X Petition says that currently there are over 3,200 signatures and that the updated petition is significant for Mac FrameMaker users because of the Intel Macs.
“Apparently, after putting all of its efforts into Acrobat and Creative Suite for the last few years, Adobe has reevaluated its portfolio and is reinvesting in FrameMaker,” he adds. “The first evidence of this was the September release of FrameMaker 7.2 for Windows and Solaris. Adobe has also said that if the market for Mac FrameMaker changes and there’s an opportunity, it will respond. In other words, if enough people let Adobe know that they want FrameMaker for Mac OS X, they’ll make it.”
He adds that Apple is still using Classic (Mac OS 9) and FrameMaker 6.0 to produce its own user guides and “I know that its technical writers want FrameMaker for Mac OS X just as much as we do.” “Even Adobe is still using it,” he adds.
chris Says:
while we`re at it how about photoshop for x86osx
Posted on March 08, 2006
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
ComputerWorks Says:
We have about 10 versions of FrameMaker for Mac and we do not get a new version of FrameMaker we might be forced to switch to Publish or Word.
Posted on March 07, 2006