Windows Vista and FrameMaker?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Michael Johnson wondered: <<I work for a government contractor at Hill  
Air Force Base, Utah.  Right now we're running FM7.2 on XP  
Professional.  Seems to work OK. So far we've been able to fend off  
Vista, but it's coming, and SOON. We're wondering whether FM 7.2 is  
going to work, or if any version of FM will work when Vista arrives.>>

Not using either, but a couple thoughts. First, remind your bosses  
that Windows 7 ("Vista done right") is coming soon, and by all  
accounts, it will be an enormous improvement over Vista. It shouldn't  
be hard to persuade them to wait a few months for the first patches of  
Windows 7 to be released, and then skip Vista entirely.

Second, Frame 7.2 is old news. Whether or not it runs on Vista, you  
might want to consider upgrading to Frame 8.x (if you can get it) or  
9. These offer a variety of fixes and improvements, including built-in  
revision tracking, that may make the upgrade worthwhile. I don't use  
Frame, so I can't say anything about how steep the learning curve is  
likely to be, but presumably all the old good features still work well.

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