Re: [WinMac] Re: Office version terminology question

John Nurick(j.nurick[at]dial.pipex.com)
Wed, 02 Sep 1998 13:34:32 +0100

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>I read that Microsoft going to replace Access with Filemaker ( due to
>Filemaker's better web integration). Is it true ?

I doubt it very much, as far as Office Professional and the
corporate/developer world are concerned. Access offers a smooth upgrade to
SQL-base client server sytems, which Filemaker doesn't seem to. Also,
exchange of data between Filemaker and Office apps seems incredibly
old-fashioned and cumbersome compared with what can be done in Office
Professional for Windows.

OTOH, Access is overkill and intimidating for most home and some SOHO users;
conceivably a version of Filemaker would fit in somewhere there.

John

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