Re: OT Re: FrameMaker on Mac
Hi Bill, I appreciate your comments, but I would rather keep my primary application (FrameMaker), even if I had to run it on a foreign operating system like Windows XP. The ability to run FrameMaker on the Mac via Windows may be a compromise, but it has to be better than switching applications or platforms. In my opinion, the ultimate will be if Apple unbundles OS X from Apple hardware. I think that OSX would make huge gains in market share overnight. And I think that the increased popularity of OS X would cause Apple's hardware sales to increase as well. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com At this stage I wouldn't even speculate on what motivates Steve Jobs, or what he's fanatical about. And that may have changed since his close brush with the mortality (pancreatic cancer). One detects a change in his outlook. I don't know that we Mac users are fanatics. I switched from windows a little over a decade ago. I still have Windows machines in the labs here. I like what I'm using now (the Mac) and I have no interest in switching back to Windows. And some of my colleagues switch to the Mac every year, so we are a growing group. On campus there is a very large population of Mac users and the numbers are climbing all the time. But as concerns FrameMaker, I'll change documentation strategies before I change platforms, though I'll miss FrameMaker. I'm a bit of a nut about typography, so LaTeX will probably end up being good for me. It's not fanaticism. It's just preference in a platform to work on day in and day out. OS X provides a really nice work space whether I want to make a movie with some Apple software, or write a shell script in UNIX, or compile some C code for a PIC. It's just a great platform. It's not perfect. I've got my gripes with some things OS X and some things Apple, but on the whole I think it's about as good as it gets out there for usability and power on the desktop. - web ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT Re: FrameMaker on Mac
At 5:13 PM -0400 4/6/06, Rick Quatro wrote: And I think that the increased popularity of OS X would cause Apple's hardware sales to increase as well. Maybe, maybe not. That's the tough call. It didn't work in the clone era, and I'm not sure it would now. Don't forget that Apple is first and foremost a hardware company. Revenue is tied to iron, not OS X. As a shareholder I pay attention to this a bit more than casually. - web ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT Re: FrameMaker on Mac
True, Apple is a hardware company, but the real money in computers is in software. Just ask Bill Gates. The question is, how much hardware revenue would Apple lose by such a move? Do people buy Apple for the hardware or for the software experience? Hopefully, they would gain many customers that would have never bought Apple hardware anyway. For me, though, the ability to use FrameMaker trumps hardware and OS choices. I would consider LaTeX and Apple/OS X a serious downgrade from FrameMaker and Windows XP. My first choice would be OS X on my choice of hardware with the ability to run Windows XP on the same machine. This would allow me the advantages and experience of OS X, while allowing me to stay current with FrameMaker. My second choice would be a Mac that could easily run Windows XP. It looks like this second choice is becoming a reality. Rick At 5:13 PM -0400 4/6/06, Rick Quatro wrote: And I think that the increased popularity of OS X would cause Apple's hardware sales to increase as well. Maybe, maybe not. That's the tough call. It didn't work in the clone era, and I'm not sure it would now. Don't forget that Apple is first and foremost a hardware company. Revenue is tied to iron, not OS X. As a shareholder I pay attention to this a bit more than casually. - web ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
