[WinMac] FileMaker vs. Access

by way of Marc Bizer(hblair[at]kpmg.com.au)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:18:35 -0500

One of the aspects I like about FileMaker Pro v 4.x is the web companion.
You can design a web page with the appropriate tags and easily pass through
data to the database. I understand that the FMP web companion is based on
Blue World's lasso technology.

http://www.blueworld.com/blueworld/default.html

Is it possible to build a solution using FMP and lasso to interact with an
ODBC database? Would anyone care to comment on how WebOjects fits into the
picture too.

Cheers
Hamish

Daryl wrote
> i just have one comment on this whole discussion though:
>
> Tim Scoff wrote:
> > MS Access just does not exist for the Mac and probably never will.
>
> To which Leonard replied:
> > As I understand it, it's a "never will". It's a combination
> > of market (ie. the Mac folks don't need it like Windows people do)
> > and also that they guts of Access are the JET DBEngine which is
> > optimized for Intel architecture.
>
> i understand that architecturally, Access being ported to the Mac is
> probably not possible, but why would Mac users not need a database
> application like the Windows people use?
>
> Is it because Filemaker is such a fine alternative (apparently *not*)
> or because anybody using a Mac is probably using it for something
> graphic, and not data-related, and hence wouldn't need it?
>
> Not a flame. It's just that assertion sounded kind of funny, and i
> was wondering what your reasoning was, Leonard. :}
>
> --
> Darryl Lee <lee@darryl.com> | New, yes. But improved?
<http://www.darryl.com>

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