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From: jdr@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Jim Ray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Desktop publishing
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.024612.1264@mlb.semi.harris.com>
Date: 25 Mar 91 02:46:12 GMT
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We have a group that is interrested in upgrading their current
publishing capabilities ( currently using Mac's ).  They are
interrested in using frame on a couple of Next's and the existing
Mac's to put out black and white glossies.

Management has decided ( with their PC wizzard ) that MAC's and Next
( and for that matter any computer other than a PC ) are not acceptable.
Instead they have come up with an alternative proposal ( about 200k
more expensive ) using PC's exclusively.

Now to my questions:

1) What risk is there in going with the Next?  I don't expect them to
go out of business any time soon -- but is that an unrealistic
expectation?

2) Are there "superior" PC solutions in the publishing arena that
would compare?  The group is pretty set on using Frame though.

3) The "consultant" expressed his concern over that although it was
true that MAC's and Next's ( he seem's not not know that the Next is a
unix os ) were easier to use from an user-interface point of view,
once the "user" became more proficient a more "PC" oriented tool (
somehow he equated textual input to pc's ) would be more efficient for
the "user".  I don't buy this, even though I haven't been that fond of
MAC's myself ( I prefer Unix based machines ).

4) The "consultant" expressed reservations that any non-pc solution
could not possibly contain a "documentation" management tool.  He
wasn't really clear as to what he meant by "documentation management
tool". Anyone have any ideas???

5) I use Frame on Sun's and Dec's and other workstations, and find it
quite acceptable.  If there are some reasons as to not use a Next
machine ( can't come up with any currently ), does anyone out there
see anything wrong with using some Unix system like the above instead
of PC's?  The limitations of PC's don't appeal to me very much.

6) What features on MAC's and Next's that would be superior to PC's
given a publishing orientation.

Thanks,

Jim Ray
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Jim Ray                                Harris Semiconductor
Internet:  jdr@semi.harris.com         PO Box 883   MS 62B-022
Phone:     (407) 729-5059              Melbourne, FL  32901