Javilk wrote:

> > Act, Maximizer, Goldmine all are networkable on a LAN.
>
>    Do any of these run under Linux/Unix?  Or do I write another one now
> that I am about to retire/re-OS my last wozoid machine?

I don't remember seeing in their promo material that any of them ran on
Linux. Their sites are rather comprehensive and you can dl demos:

http://www.symantec.com for Act
http://www.maximizer.com
http://www.goldminesw.com

> > At this point in time, the combination of robustness and speed for these
> > products has not been duplicated via a browser interface. There are
> > definitely companies that have similar products for the web,
> though...and
>
>    Last thing I wrote for the web, runs faster than my old dBase contact
> manager on  the same platform.  It is just amazing how much more efficient
> PERL/Linux is at things!

Yes, web front end apps can shred on a local machine, but when you bring
slow net connections into the picture things get real frustrating. We will
surely look back at these bandwidth-limited times as archaic, hopefully
sooner than later.

Jack

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