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 >> >> >
