I plan on using AppleWork's Database but I figure one of these new Mac 
OSs will not let it work easily. Actually I have FileMaker Pro ver7.0 
but I have not found it easy to learn.

Anne


RobK wrote:
> Why not just keep using the Appleworks database? They're discontinuing 
> it, not shutting them all down.
>
> But IMHO, learning Filemaker will make you a very happy person. It is an 
> amazingly versatile program that hasn't failed me yet. In fact, if you 
> don't need a major sized DB and you're on a budget, hit up eBay and pick 
> up a used copy of 4 or 5. There's enough power in either of them to do 
> what you need.
>
> And the only freebie I know of is SQL, but I've never worked with it. 
> Does OpenOffice have a DB?
>
> rob
>
> Anne Cartwright wrote:
>
>   
>> The following was just released out on macNN 
>> (http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/08/15/appleworks.discontinued):
>>
>> Apple discontinues AppleWorks
>>
>> Without grand publicity, Apple has decided to stop all development on 
>> AppleWorks, its formerly iconic productivity suite. The information was 
>> quietly passed on to resellers last week, who were told that the 
>> software had reached an "End of Life" stage. Sales have been officially 
>> stopped, and trying to visit the AppleWorks website redirects visitors 
>> to the page for the recently-launched iWork '08. iWork handles many of 
>> the same tasks as AppleWorks (spreadsheets, presentations et al.), while 
>> the latter has not been updated for some time.
>>
>>
>> iWork needs a database to satisfy my needs; or maybe I will half to 
>> learn how to use FileMaker Pro.
>>
>> Anne Cartwright
>>
>>     
>   


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