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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 3772160" data-attributes="member: 5100">Filemaker Pro is still around?&nbsp; Wow.&nbsp; It's been a long time since I've had to deal with that puppy.&nbsp; All I remember is the running and the screaming and the tentacled horrors.&nbsp; I'm not filled with confidence.&nbsp; In the 1990s, at least, the only people I knew who would actually consider FMP a &quot;database&quot; are the same people who called Excel a &quot;database&quot;.&nbsp; I did see on the FMP website, though, that they've &quot;partnered with MySQL&quot;.&nbsp; If that means, &quot;We scrapped the entirety of our own back-end and now just produce a MySQL front-end tool,&quot; it's good news.&nbsp; Otherwise :shudder:.It also sounds like they're taking the worst of web and desktop development.&nbsp; Just enough Windows components to alienate the Mac/Linux users, but required connectivity to make sure you can't actually do anything w/o the Internet.&nbsp; I use my laptop for both GM planning and PC creation/maint, a lot of which happens on long car trips (my wife likes to drive), at parks, or some other location that doesn't have connectivity.&nbsp; Plus I have some serious issues with non-Internet apps that think they need Internet access (including all these AJAX office apps Google is putting out).When the orignal assumption was that the chargen would be web, I planned to pass on it.&nbsp; Then they said it would be Windows-based and I rejoiced.&nbsp; But, if it requires constant connection, forget it.&nbsp; If you want to validate my subscription, at least be as friendly as the RIAA (who are so known for their benevolence).&nbsp; They let me stay disconnected for two weeks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 3772160, member: 5100"] Filemaker Pro is still around? Wow. It's been a long time since I've had to deal with that puppy. All I remember is the running and the screaming and the tentacled horrors. I'm not filled with confidence. In the 1990s, at least, the only people I knew who would actually consider FMP a "database" are the same people who called Excel a "database". I did see on the FMP website, though, that they've "partnered with MySQL". If that means, "We scrapped the entirety of our own back-end and now just produce a MySQL front-end tool," it's good news. Otherwise :shudder:. It also sounds like they're taking the worst of web and desktop development. Just enough Windows components to alienate the Mac/Linux users, but required connectivity to make sure you can't actually do anything w/o the Internet. I use my laptop for both GM planning and PC creation/maint, a lot of which happens on long car trips (my wife likes to drive), at parks, or some other location that doesn't have connectivity. Plus I have some serious issues with non-Internet apps that think they need Internet access (including all these AJAX office apps Google is putting out). When the orignal assumption was that the chargen would be web, I planned to pass on it. Then they said it would be Windows-based and I rejoiced. But, if it requires constant connection, forget it. If you want to validate my subscription, at least be as friendly as the RIAA (who are [u]so[/u] known for their benevolence). They let me stay disconnected for two weeks. [/QUOTE]

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