How would you compare Scribus to the industry standards in desktop publishing, QuarkXPress and PageMaker?
For example, what major features does Scribus lack for now, but what features does it have which Quark and PageMaker do not? Do you plan to make Scribus “professional ready” someday–so that it can be used for magazine layout work, for example? PJ: Scribus knocks the bells out of Quark and PageMaker already. I use QuarkXPress at work, and it really is unfriendly and counterintuitive. It is also slow. You can [run] Scribus on a Pentium 500MHz (system) and it performs as well as Quark 5 does now. PL: Right now, Scribus is “professional ready” now. I have tested Scribus PDF files in a high-volume, four-color magazine, as well as written documentation specific for commercial printers to assist them with handling Scribus PDF and EPS files. We know have many examples of Scribus being used in a variety of projects. One of the Scribus users produced his 150-plus page high school yearbook with Scribus, including importing many advertisements created in other DTP applications. I actually got the
