FileMaker Pro 5.5 Upgrade

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Summary: Easiest Database software around
Review: Definitely the common man's database program. Very flexible for a variety of database needs; includes a good starter set of templates. Plus there are numerous user groups with a variety of freeware, shareware and customware solutions for everything from contact rolodex to small business accounting. Add to this the ability to host databases on the web (with included web templates) and it really is robust for this price.

As for the 5.5 upgrade, if you have version 5.0 and do not need an OS X version, then this upgrade offers little. But if you're at version 4 and/or need an OS X solution, this is a must and reasonably priced upgrade.

A few caveats for OS X users, there is no toolbar feature like there is for OS 9 users and ODBC support does not allow importing. Also, until FileMaker Mobile 2 is released, version 1 does not work in OS X with FM 5.5. And for all OS users, this version limits your web access to 10 unique users within a 12 hour period. For example, do not use this version for an online store solution; upgrade to the FileMaker Unlimited version for this.

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Summary: Good but...
Review: I dunno, it's a good product for my needs but IMHO it's not good for enterprise Database work.

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Summary: slow in OSX
Review: I upgraded from 5 to 5.5 primarily to get OSX compatibility. I have been very dissapointed in the slow perforance of it in OSX compared to the performance in OS9 on the same machine. I am very happy with it in OS9 but I want to switch to OSX