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> I think it's funny how often someone will innocently ask a
> simple question
> and receive posts that berate the person for asking the
> question in the
> first place. The question was, How many tech writers use
> FM--not, Should I
> use a number of FM users to convince my management to let ME use FM?
> Sheesh...why is it we can't provide a simple answer to a
> simple question?
This wasn't a "simple question":
>Does anyone know approximately (ball park) how many Framemaker users
>there are in the US and perhaps world wide? In a start up where most
>engineers use Word, technical communicators have to present the facts to
>justify the expenditure for the Adobe doc production suite. Appreciate
>it if anyone has any thoughts on this.
First, thoughts were solicited. Don't ask for something if you don't want
it.
Second, there's a difference between
>how many Framemaker users
>there are in the US and perhaps world wide?
and
> how many Framemaker users
>there are in the US and perhaps world wide?...technical communicators
> have to present the facts to
>justify the expenditure for the Adobe doc production suite
Obviously, the purpose was to justify the expenditure, not a "simple
question" asking for a number
and coupled with the ">it if anyone has any thoughts on this.", you get the
responses that you saw.
John Posada
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