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From: rogerj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re:  Frame (1.0) spaces
Message-ID: <9096@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 89 22:27:31 GMT
References: <3592@frame.UUCP> <679@wet.UUCP> <7650@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Reply-To: rogerj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda)
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In article <7650@asylum.SF.CA.US> langz@asylum.UUCP (Lang Zerner) writes:
>
>Actually, I had access to a crippled demo (freely redistributable, natch) of
>FrameMaker, and got addicted to it very nicely, thank you.  Of course, it
>wasn't useful for large documents or ongoing projects, but for a one-day
>project like a letter, poster, flyer or short newsletter, it worked just fine.
>Not only is printing still available, but you can print to a PostScript file
>and therefore have an online archive of your final version.  After that,
>though, you can make only minor changes such as spelling corrections (by
>hacking the PostScript file), so a real save feature comes in real handy.  
>
>The crippled demo is subtlely seductive ("it's free -- why not get what use of
>it you can").  In the end, my manager started using it, got hooked, got
>frustrated with the limited online storage facilities of `Print to File' and so
>bought a license.

All right, I'll look into it. Now, where do you "buy" this product.
I've tried NeXT and they don't sell it? Who did you contact at Frame?
Or did you go via BusinessLand? How much was the lisence and what did it
cover? Please, tell all?
 
Roger Jagoda
Cornell University
FQOJ@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
(607) 255-8960