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From: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Framemaker vs. TeX
Message-ID: <7402@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 23 Mar 90 22:40:23 GMT
References: <10113@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <10113@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, gb@cs.purdue.EDU (Gerald Baumgartner) writes:
> 
> I am a very satisfied user of LaTeX (with occasionally modifying style
> files or writing own styles). Now I have been told there is virtually
> no feature TeX/LaTeX provides that Frame doesn't provide, and Frame is
> much user-friendlier. Can anybody provide me with reasons why (not) to
> switch to Framemaker.
> 

Perhaps because TeX/LaTeX is included with your system at no additional 
cost, whilst Framemaker gives you a crippled demo version of the program,
enticing you to spend big bucks for the full version...

Eric

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