RE: WWP in Frame 6.0

["Stevens, Ananda" <Ananda_Stevens@xxxxxxxx>]

Regarding WebWorks Publisher and Frame...

>>>The Adobe website states that Quadralay Webworks Publisher Standard
Edition
>>>comes with Frame 6.0. Is the "Standard Edition" the top-of-the-line
version
>>>of WWP?

>>The Standard Edition lets you generate output and do mappings, but it does
>>not let you create templates. In other words, no.

>So, anyone who's serious about XML/HTML conversion must still buy the
>top-end version of WWP and install it over the "standard Edition" that
comes
>with V6.0.

Hmmm. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Consider the options:
(1) Most people in a group get Frame with the "Standard Ed." WWP. A few get
    the top-end version of WWP. Only a few people can muck with the
templates,
    but everyone should be able to use those templates. Frame costs ~700, 
    WWP adds ~400; total group cost is ((all * 700) + (few * 300)). And yes,
    I *am* guessing on the costs. 
(2) Frame includes the FULL version of WWP. But now, instead of ~700, the 
    price is up to ~900. So the group cost becomes (all * 900). 
Suppose you have eight people in the group, two of whom will work on the 
HTML templates. You'd save $1000 with the first option. 
(1) 5600 + 600 = 6200
(2) 7200
OTOH, in a one- or two-person shop, where both people work on the templates,
you'd lose $200 with the first option. 

So here are the questions:
(1) Will Quadralay give you a discount for the full version of WWP if you
    already have the Standard Edition from FrameMaker?
(2) Will Adobe give you a discount for Frame 6 if you already have WWP?

For that matter...
(3) Will Adobe give you a discount for Frame 6 if you already paid for
    the Acrobat 4 upgrade? 
(4) Will Adobe finally offer a Frame + other stuff package? (GoLive seems
    to be an obvious candidate, since it's mentioned as a "Related
Product".)

Maybe Adobe doesn't yet have upgrade prices posted because they're still 
trying to figure out answers to these questions....??

Ponderingly,
Ananda Stevens
ananda.stevens@windriver.com

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