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Maybe this isn't a valid topic. If not, delete me. 

I work for an engineering and manufacturing company and our products involve sophisticated hardware -  both purchased and made here  - driven by sophisticated UNIX-based software, made here. Documenting these products requires including engineering drawings in the manual. 

FrameMaker 7, according to the published specifications, reads AutoCad 13. So that's the best I can directly import for at least 18 months, or so. 

But, in the drafting department, AutoCad 13 is obsolete, as is AutoCad 14, as is AutoCad 2000. They are doing Pro/E and associated programs. Now they are very kind about placing released drawings on our network as .pdfs; but, sometimes, I need to work with the original, and neither my skills nor the departmental budget suggest letting me loose with Pro/E! 

And, who knows what they'll be drawing with in 18 months? 

I see that FM7 does handle Word 2001, which I guess is what comes with Windows XP, and, that will probably be useful for some time. Word doesn't seem to change its basics that much. 

So, if you agree with me (or not), let's see if we can come up with a list of other programs, the future development of which may seriously affect FM, if it can't handle that development. Maybe, then, Adobe might put a little more priority on FM development.