Hi All, Of course, why build a custom system from scratch when there are already commercial systems installed and running out there to purchase. Check out http://www.shopfront.com.au
Logical Developments sells and supports Shopfront in WA, and I'd be happy to discuss it with anyone in further detail off the list. There are Mac sites in WA using the package. At the risk of sounding a heretic, Filemaker isn't the only database system out there for the Mac, and http://www.omnis.net for Omnis Studio 3, which runs mulit-user, cross-platform (Mac OS 9/X, Win32, Linux, Sun Solaris), relational databases with a rich programming environment that supports a number of component technologies (on each platform: OLE, ActiveX (win32), Applescripting (Mac), Java) and can also interface with a number of major database engines (including Oracle, DB/2, SyBase, FrontBase, and even humble MySQL). It's own database engine can hold up to 4Gb of information. my 2c anyway. Regards, Paul. on 30/11/01 2:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 30/11/01 10:18 AM, "Onno Benschop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Before you get all hot and sweaty, this message comes under the heading:In >> My Humble Opinion (IMHO) >> >> My contribution to this discussion was going to be limited to: >> >> "Call me, I can build you one..." >> >> But then this piece of (useless) information landed in my box, so as an IT >> professional I feel required to respond to this piece of mis-information. >> (See notice at top of message!) > > Well see I kind of made a guess that he wasn't going to be running > Amazon.com from a B&W G3 400 with 64 Megs of RAM. > > Yes you are quite right in that there are MANY factors to take into account, > but a simple question will get you a simple answer (most of the time). > > FileMaker is simple, FileMaker is tried and tested, anyone can use it andit > scales fairly well up to a point. If you want something more beefy, go with > 4D. If you want to be silly, go with an Oracle/OpenBase/FrontBase/Sybase > databases running on HP/UX or Solaris with a custom built WebObject app or > SAP to run the business logic. That¹s kinda getting a bit pricy though... > > If you want to use free software, use MySQL and PHP. It's not really free > though, unless your time is worthless... > > You answer was very good though. -- Technical Support Logical Developments [EMAIL PROTECTED] 86 Coolgardie Street www.logicaldevelopments.com.au BENTLEY WA 6102 Ph: +61 8 9458 3889 Fax: +61 8 9458 7204
