Xref: utzoo comp.text:8566 comp.unix.misc:1563 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!manuel!anucsd!rastaban!steve From: steve@rastaban.anu.oz.au (Steven Ball) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Frame vs. Interleaf vs. ? Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 91 23:51:20 GMT References: <1991Jun20.064303.19790@hermesa.uucp> Sender: news@anucsd.anu.oz.au (USENET News software) Organization: ANU Department of Computer Science Lines: 31 mark@hermesa.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: >My company is evaluating high-end publishing packages. So far we >have a demo of Frame (which looks great) and the Interleaf rep salivating >over us; haven't seen his package yet. >Have you been through this? Which did you pick and why? Are there other >contenders that we should consider? Indeed we have. We too have a demo copy of Frame. Interleaf gave a demo copy too. In fact, any site with Interleaf can give you a demo copy, you can save files and print only if you have a password. My feeling was that they are essentially leap-frogging each other feature-wise, but that Interleaf was ahead by a nose. In the end our decision came down to the bottom line - cost. Interleaf gives educational institutions a very nice deal... they practically give it away! Frame has floating licenses, and with >150 Suns that would have run into many thousands of dollars. >Thanks in advance for any insight. >-- >Mark McWiggins >mark@hermesa.uucp >...uw-beaver!amc-gw!hermesa!mark >Box 40357, Bellevue WA 98004 / +1 206 455 2786 (24 hrs.) -- Steven Ball, Department of Computer Science, ANU E-mail: steve@anucsd.anu.edu.au Ph. (06) 2495146 Snail-mail: GPO Box 4, CANBERRA CITY ACT 2600, AUSTRALIA He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!