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Adobe Kills FrameMaker for Mac

Posted by pudge on from the be-strong-don't-shed-a-tear dept.

Feneric writes "As noted on FrameUsers.com, FrameMaker for the Mac was officially killed by Adobe. Of course, since one of the primary selling points of FrameMaker is its wonderfully solid cross-platform MS-Windows / Macintosh / Unix support, many are now wondering how long it'll now last for any platform."

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  1. Slashdot now confirms it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Framemaker is dead. Not dying, but dead.

    One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered FrameMaker community when Slashdot confirmed that FrameMaker market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all desktops. Coming on the heels of a recent Slashdot survey which plainly states that FrameMaker has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. FrameMaker has collapsed into complete disarray.

  2. Re:Not "any" platform.. by ozgurbulbul · · Score: 0, Troll

    "[...] many are now wondering how long it'll now last for any platform."

    I think the real question is "how long it'll last for any platform other than Windows?"

    Sad.

    Or, "how long will Apple last, after losing all these applications.

  3. or we could make our move to Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Let's see... retrain people to use the same software on a different OS (and a well administrated network should look similar to its users regardless of the underlying architecture), OR retrain people to use different software just for the sake of keeping the OS.

    I think the answer is clear.

  4. Re:Not "any" platform.. by SillySnake · · Score: 0, Troll

    Whats an Apple? Sadly, more and more it's going to look like the answer that we'll hear is "Oh, the iPOD thing?"

  5. Jobs need new Strategy by superpulpsicle · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple still has the iPod.

    Seriously Apple should withdraw from the desktop business. It had a "graphic edge" over windows and linux for years. But even that position doesn't seem so solid now that adobe releases everything equally as good on windows.

    1. Re:Jobs need new Strategy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Why can't people face the fact that Mac is so overrated.

      You need an OS just to draw pictures, are you fucking insane. That's like buying a broom that only cleans your living room.

  6. Re:Framemaker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is it good or is it whack? Sorry, couldn't resist. Seriously, I've heard of framemaker, and actually saw it running once. But what is it really good for?

    Use the force and find out for yourself, lazy bum.

  7. Re:LaTeX? by madman101 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Brilliant? no way At best, functional...

  8. Re:Only Solaris option? by Wiz · · Score: 2, Troll

    Argh, I hate Framemaker. I use 7 at work on Solaris & Windows. The Solaris version is a buggy pile of crap compared to the Windows version. And guess which version gets the most updates - Windows!

    I think you'll see the Solaris version being dropped soon, I've tried to get support from Adobe about it and I was just wasting my time.