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Tuesday, May 08, 2007 — posted by Sarah

Michael Müller-Hillebrand at cap-studio.de reads the tea leaves of Adobe's public announcements about FrameMaker 8. First, in What has Adobe promised us (German), he makes the following points:

In a document posted in July 2006, Adobe promised a new release "in the next 12 months."
They refer to a "major new version," which is code for 8.0 as opposed to 7.x.
They recognize the lack of support for non-Western languages as a major issue.
They will focus on structured authoring features.

Second, in a post about the beta test announcement from Adobe, he explains what makes this news so important:

The announcement technically meets the earlier promise of a new release by July 2007.
Adobe is adopting a more open culture, which is likely due to influence from the Macromedia merger. By announcing an upcoming release, Adobe may lose a few sales over the next couple of months, but they also freeze purchasing decisions -- it's unlikely that new customers will purchase a competitive product before they see details on the new release.

On a cautionary note, Michael points out that Adobe is unlikely to recruit a significant number of new beta testers because it requires too many resources. And meanwhile, he (and I) are waiting to see what, if any, product details are announced next week at STC (see sneak peek announcement).

PS Translations (and errors) are mine.

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