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I think you're being shortsighted and pessimistic about the future of FM. The PC will be 28 years old in March. Word was available in Beta copies more than 20 years ago. Windows was around 18 years ago. Around 17 years ago FM came to market. Why are people talking about a dated interface in FM, or old code. Most people using a PC without Frame are using much older interfaces and code than FM offers. Nobody expects the imminent demise of PC, Word or Windows although their respective architectures are much older than FM.

Now consider the general market for FM. More copies are sold to people supporting corporate information engineering than to others producing short documents with a limited distribution and very short lifetime. People producing short documents with a limited distribution and very short lifetime can swap and change, upgrade or not, the tool they use. A completely new tool with zero legacy conversion will take them 5 minutes to install and learn.

Frame is a leading product in a relatively slow, stable, but progressive market. Many companies have each spent millions of dollars on information engineering processes that depend on Frame. For example, Interleaf did not fade away recently, but it's only now that companies are lookiing for a process/tool to replace it.

I can understand that Frame Forum enthusiasts looking at a 5 year timescale might be looking at a period that exceeds their current work experience. Alternatively, people who have always worked freelance or in small organizations may have difficulty understanding how slowly large industries change.

Now consider the decision to move development to India. Some people may take the view that Adobe is sidelining FM with this strategy. I take the inverse view. The Indian software industry is overflowing with talented engineers used to writing bug free code. Many of their senior engineers trained with very limited access to computing hardware and learned very early in their careers about writing efficient correct code. I believe Adobe is making a significant investment in Frame's long term future as a quality industrial strength product.
FWIW
Ian