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Re: Do FrameMaker Trial Version Still Cause Some Problems?
Subject:Re: Do FrameMaker Trial Version Still Cause Some Problems? From:"Lech Rzedzicki" <xchaotic -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Lippincott, Richard" <RLippincott -at- as-e -dot- com> Date:Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:13:20 +0100
I don't know if that's an option for you, but testing & evaluation, I
usually instally software in a VMWare box, or any other virtualization
solution (VMWare Server is free, mature and has great performance - so
that's the usual choice for me), that way Frame trial will leave no
trace in your production system.
Lech
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Lippincott, Richard
<RLippincott -at- as-e -dot- com> wrote:
> I seem to recall a couple of years ago at least one person on list
> reported installing one of the 30-day trial versions of Frame,
> apparently an upgrade to the version he was already running on his
> system. He decided it to let it run out without purchase...and when it
> did, it managed to also deactivate his registered version of Frame.
>
>
>
> We're considering an upgrade from 7 to 8, but before I download and
> install it on my system I'd like to be sure that a month from today I'll
> still be able to use 7 if we opt not to do the upgrade.
>
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>
> Thanks...
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>
> By the way, I'm on digest so if you've got a follow-up question, please
> aim it directly at me.
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