The primebase install on OS X was a pain, but the latest version have an automated install for OS X. You enter one command from the command line, as root, and it automatically installs, and sets up to run at startup if you choose.
Although, I don't think anything will ever beat the ease of installing Primebase on Windows or OS 9. -- Robert Garcia BigHead Technology 21053 Devonshire Suite 206 Chatsworth, Ca 91311 Phone 818.773.8162 Fax 818.773.8164 http://www.bighead.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Jose Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:04:37 -0400 > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: [OT] Picking an OS X database > > There is also Frontbase http://www.frontbase.com. I have been very pleased > with Primebase though!! The installation on Mac OS X is a pain though. > > Jose > > on 5/24/02 6:43 PM, Jason Pamental at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Roland, >> >> MySQL I�ve found to be pretty easy to work with, but another one to consider >> would be Primebase � it�s out for OS X, has Mac ODBC drivers available, is >> pretty affordable (licenses start around $500 I think) and you can learn >> lots more about it from Robert Garcia. He�s been a tremendous help to us. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jason >> >> On 5/24/02 6:20 PM, "Roland Dumas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'm plotting all the moving parts for going from OS9 to OSX. Going from W* >>> to W* V is easy. Tango on OS X will be essential. >>> >>> Then I need to pick a database to replace Filemaker. >>> That's where I am now. I've narrowed down to 4D vs MySQL+NaviCat. They look >>> comparable in the ease-of-use dept (very important). I have two questions: >>> >>> Is each multi-threaded? (I don't want to have the Filemaker bottleneck >>> revisit me) >>> >>> How is ODBC/JDBC connectivity on OS X between Tango 5 and these? >>> >>> Thanks for any tips; reply off-line if appropriate. >> > > > -- > Webologies > 150 Robinette Drive > Waynesville, NC 28786 > 828.627.1994 > > http://www.webologies.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rocket J Squirrel "Captain Peachfuzz has suddenly turned stupid" > Bullwinkle J Moose "That wasn't a turn, it was more of a slight veer" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
