Re: Alternatives to FrameMaker

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From: Randall Atkinson
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:10

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In article <kzin.721886247@cc.gatech.edu> kzin@terminus.gatech.edu (John Rudd) writes:

>You can also get Island Write/Draw/Paint.  Suppsedly very nice.  The
>3 sections are apparently very well integrated.  The package has won
>awards and stuff.  And it's $895 per node (i'm not sure what kind of
>license restrictions/options are available).

  Island's products work fine for the most part and are reasonably
priced.  The mail order UNIX applications software places generally
will save you a few hundred from list price.  I have very minor
quibbles with Island Write but a new release is going to be out soon
and those few quibbles might well be fixed in that release.

  Island Write is a lot like MacWrite in concept, Island Draw like Mac
Draw, and Island Paint like MacPaint -- though they are clearly
Motif/OpenLook style rather than Mac style.  This is probably good in
that it lets you have a consistent user interface on the UNIX machine.

Ran
atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil

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