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From: pfkeb@ebnextk.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Paul Kunz)
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Subject: Re: Publisher vs. Framemaker?
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Date: 23 Feb 91 05:50:05 GMT
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In-reply-to: briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM's message of 22 Feb 91 22:31:49 GMT

In article <1430@tekig7.MAP.TEK.COM> briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm) writes:

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   From: briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm)
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   Date: 22 Feb 91 22:31:49 GMT
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   In article <1991Feb22.213956.10496@cbnewsj.att.com> jwi@cbnewsj.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) writes:

   ]If you are professional writers, you won't like either Framemaker or Publisher.
   ]They are very easy to use for a novice, you just follow the menus. If you
   ]do something else for a living, this is ideal. If you write for a living,
   ]you will find that you have to follow the menus every time -- there are
   ]no shortcuts. It will drive you batty.

   ]You will also find that the integrated art is for amateurs too. If you are
   ]used to doing good art on your Macs, plan on driving your artists up a wall.

   ]In general, Framemaker and Publisher are good for projects where documentation
   ]is an afterthought. They are not compatible with people who write or draw for
   ]a living, but they are very good for engineers and supervisiors.

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      * This is, without a doubt, THE most ridiculous assertion I have EVER *
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   -Brian Diehm
   Tektronix, Inc.                (503) 627-3437         briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
   P.O. Box 500, M/S 47-780
   Beaverton, OR   97077                        (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)

I agree.