Past Programs

"MadCap Flare and the RoboHelp Saga"

By Mike Hamilton

Program Description

Mike Hamilton, who spent many years working on RoboHelp, will tell us about its tortured path from Blue Sky to eHelp to Macromedia to Adobe. By providing dates and details, Mike hopes to put various rumors to rest and ensure that we all have a clear idea of how RoboHelp got where it is today.

MadCap is a software company started by former RoboHelp developers. Their XML-based help authoring product, Flare, looks nothing like RoboHelp, but the two products may be destined to compete for the same customers. Mike will give us a demonstration of Flare.

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About our Presenter

Mike Hamilton is vice president of product management at MadCap Software, where he is working on Flare. Before joining MadCap, he served as product manager for the RoboHelp product line from 1997, when he joined eHelp, right through the Macromedia days. Mike has over 15 years of experience in training, technical communication, multimedia development, and software development at several organizations, including Macromedia, eHelp/Blue Sky Software, Cymer, National Steel and Shipbuilding, and the US Navy. For EBSTC members only, listen to a podcast of this program on your computer, or any mp3 player such as an iPod.