bt455s39@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carmen Hardina) (12/13/90)
In article <2403@cdin-1.UUCP> fred@cdin-1.UUCP (Fred Rump) writes: >For some time now SCO has been advertising the availability of Frame under >UNIX. > >Nobody seems to know anything about it even if you try to order one. >And since we were just talking about scuttlebutts, what gives? > >Someone said here once that SCO won't release Frame until UNIX 3.3 is out. >Anybody have any scoop? I just spoke to a representative at Frame (1-800-U-4-FRAME) today about that exact subject, as I wanted a trial version of FrameMaker for SCO Open Desktop. He said that although it has been advertised by Frame and SCO, the product was just coming out of beta test and should be released anytime soon. There was no mention of waiting for UNIX 3.3... carmen P.S. This should not be discussed in comp.unix.XENIX.sco...
chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) (12/13/90)
In article <10621@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> bt455s39@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carmen Hardina) writes: >He said that although it has been advertised by Frame and >SCO, the product was just coming out of beta test and should be released >anytime soon. I am cross-posting to comp.text in case any Frame folks are lurking. Maybe they can set the record straight. It's unfortunate that the sales people are running around telling everybody different stories. I wish they would at least get their heads together and come up with a consistent excuse. Or here is a novel one - maybe they can tell us the truth. To date, here are the stories I've heard about Framemaker running on ODT: (1) Frame is sitting on it until the new ODT it released rather than work around bugs in 1.0. (2) Frame does not have their support in place, and are only selling it to corporate accounts. (3) Frame still has it in testing, and hasn't released it yet. I won't tell you which of the three was the excuse they gave to me :-) The California folks seemed quite helpful and interested. They referred me to the Dallas folks, whereupon |The Excuse| was dropped upon me. Vaporware I can live with. It's often the norm in this business, and we've all learned how to work with that. Excuses I can't. They force me to turn around and make excuses to my clients - and that's just not the way I prefer to do business. -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | We was raising insurance premiums, ma. Unicom Systems Development | We was spreading fear of arson. <chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM> | - Michelle Shocked