atw: Re: Adobe Tech Comm Suite 2 and FrameMaker 9

Hi,

Upgrading to the Suite (1.3) seemed reasonable value to be able to get RoboHelp 
7 and have good integration with FM. But at over one thousand, nine hundred 
dollars just for an upgrade to TCS2, I don't feel the same now. 

What annoys me is that upgrading from TCS 1.3 costs the same as upgrading from 
FMv5 (or RH or even Captivate), and I don't need Photoshop.

There's a lot I like about FM9, but as RH7 does not work with FM 9 files it's 
hard to justify.

Hope Hedley is correct about the discounts.

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Burnfield
Sent: Friday, 23 January 2009 10:41
To: Austechwriter
Subject: atw: Re: Adobe Tech Comm Suite 2 and FrameMaker 9

I guess the idea is to make the upgrade price for the suite (about 
$1900 I think) look good by comparison:

$900 => extra features in Frame 9 over Frame 8

versus

$1900 => extra features in Frame 9 over Frame 8
plus four full TC products

The suite is pretty good value *if* you expect to use all or most 
of the products. If I suddenly needed Captivate or RoboHelp for 
a new contract, it might make sense, but otherwise...

Stuart


> I've been with FrameMaker through about 5 versions now. 
> Now they've managed to get me looking at alternatives seriously. 
>
> I see an upgrade from version 8 to version 9 will cost me a
> mere $900. Has the news not sunk in yet ?
> Someone should tell Adobe there's a GFC and a recession or two. 

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