Comments on: QuarkXPress 7 & Highlights From Quark Summit http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2004/quarkxpress-7-highlights-from-quark-summit/ The Authority for News & Opinion on the War of the Desktop Publishing Giants QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign Sat, 17 May 2008 08:35:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Samuel John Klein http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2004/quarkxpress-7-highlights-from-quark-summit/#comment-154 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2004/quarkxpress-7-highlights-from-quark-summit/#comment-154 Well, with <i>that</i> sort of ramping-up on investment, Quark's either gonna wow us or go down in flames most spectactular Ahh. But <i>can</i> they catch up? When I first heard about things like activation and the attitude of Fred Ebrahimi (not to mention the things he says about customers), I had to scratch my head and wonder how it got so big, and why people were still loyal to it. Then I learned about installed base and the concept of <i>workflow</i> and I understood not only why Quark was popular (if not XActly beloved) and why InDesign was still playing catchup after so much good development. When I heard that Quark was allowing 2 concurrent installations I was surprised. Not quite a sea change, maybe, but from the company that made you pay complete extra for your home machine and your carry-out, it certainly is something that made go <i>hmmmm</i>. And allowing me to upgrade from educational license 5.01 to commerical 6.1... given Quark's rep I was flat astounded. This, from Q, amounted to rank generosity. The phone people I talked with, while clearly outsourced, were quick and friendly. Will it be worth upgrading to 7? <i>Hmmmmmm.....</i> Well, with that sort of ramping-up on investment, Quark’s either gonna wow us or go down in flames most spectactular

Ahh. But can they catch up?

When I first heard about things like activation and the attitude of Fred Ebrahimi (not to mention the things he says about customers), I had to scratch my head and wonder how it got so big, and why people were still loyal to it. Then I learned about installed base and the concept of workflow and I understood not only why Quark was popular (if not XActly beloved) and why InDesign was still playing catchup after so much good development.

When I heard that Quark was allowing 2 concurrent installations I was surprised. Not quite a sea change, maybe, but from the company that made you pay complete extra for your home machine and your carry-out, it certainly is something that made go hmmmm.

And allowing me to upgrade from educational license 5.01 to commerical 6.1… given Quark’s rep I was flat astounded. This, from Q, amounted to rank generosity. The phone people I talked with, while clearly outsourced, were quick and friendly.

Will it be worth upgrading to 7?

Hmmmmmm…..

]]> by: Pariah Burke http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2004/quarkxpress-7-highlights-from-quark-summit/#comment-155 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2004/quarkxpress-7-highlights-from-quark-summit/#comment-155 I dunno. I think if Quark gets 7 out to market soon, they just might save it. Many corporations set their fiscal years to end around September; a large number of others follow the calendar year. If Quark can get 7 out to market by September, they can capitolize on end-of-year spending as well as new year budgets. If they way 6 months or more, they'll miss the prime buying season. Quark 7 might save Ebrahimi's ass yet. I dunno. I think if Quark gets 7 out to market soon, they just might save it. Many corporations set their fiscal years to end around September; a large number of others follow the calendar year. If Quark can get 7 out to market by September, they can capitolize on end-of-year spending as well as new year budgets. If they way 6 months or more, they’ll miss the prime buying season.

Quark 7 might save Ebrahimi’s ass yet.

]]> by: Alexandra Jordan http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2004/quarkxpress-7-highlights-from-quark-summit/#comment-156 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2004/quarkxpress-7-highlights-from-quark-summit/#comment-156 Here's some more scraps from the Quark table... http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=581 Here’s some more scraps from the Quark table…

appleinsider.com/article.php?id=581

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