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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: [Stolen] Macintosh ROM Source
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Date: 13 Jun 89 22:10:08 GMT
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In article <1241@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes:
(X/Open Look discussion omitted)
>
>But has anyone seen the X version of FrameMaker running on a Sun or
>Apollo?  Except for the fact that the menu bar is attached to the main
>window (and that it doesn't operate nearly as well as the Mac's), the
>program looks almost *exactly* like a Macintosh application.
>
>Sure makes it easy for me to use, but I wonder what Apple
>(specifically, Apple's attorneys) think about it.
>

It was announced a ways back that Frame Technology intends to release a
Macintosh version of their product (perhaps by the end of this year).
Given what the product can do, I'd guess that Apple is delighted,
particularly since the interface (much of which would look quite
familiar to a Mac veteran), being a lot more standard than, say,
Interleaf's, should ensure good penetration in the heavy-duty
DTP market.  The companies which probably *won't* be delighted
are Aldus, Quark, et al.

Gee, since Apple will be directly supporting X, maybe Frame won't
even have to alter the interface at all :-).

John Heckendorn

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