It's an interesting debate. I teach Graphic Design at a community college in Ontario and we are slowly phasing out Quark. This is due to several reasons:

1. most studios and agencies are switching to InDesign anyways

2. the cost of upgrading is substantially less with CS products

3. Adobe offers better tech support than Quark

I am glad to hear the new Quark version is a big improvement. They have taken a huge leap since 5.0. Although I doubt Quark will go the way of Pagemaker, it has certainly been given a wakeup call!

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