RE: SGML was Re: Word and amazon.com (was: PDF a "book" of Word files )

["Bill Lawrence" <scribe -at- matrixplus -dot- com>]

> That's actually quite funny. Even though the DTDs are openly
available,
> Adept
> has locked up the market for the production of military documentation.
> Once a
> deliverable becomes sufficiently complex, you may not be tied to a
> specific
> publishing solution vendor, but often it's cheaper to go with an
existing
> solution than develop your own.
> 
> Even in aviation where there are packages available for FrameMaker to
meet
> the
> ATA2000i requirements you're pretty stuck with Hobson's choice. The
Mekon
> package retails in the five figure US$ range.
> 

Granted, Adept and Epic have locked up a lot of the market, but that
doesn't mean there aren't other choices out there.  My documents are
about as complex as one can imagine, and I use Xmetal to edit.  I could
use Wordperfect with some work, but why bother.  I also sometimes use
Morphon, which is now free.

Bill Lawrence


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