I have to disagree. As a DB solution it is in a stronger place than ever. Both on Mac and PC side Look at the list of new features.
As a Web publishing solution its Instant Web Publishing is very strong now and for many FileMaker users it is more than adequate. As a WAN solution the new server architecture puts it many steps ahead of its competition. It now outperforms terminal server even in low bandwidth situations. As a RAD tool for in house solutions is or commercial solutions I can now develop in 1/4 the time it took me to do things in the past. It supports ODBC and JDBC on the Windows side which as we all know is well over 90 percent of the world. There is a 3rd party plug in that supports ODBC and JDBC on the Mac side and has for years. This allows the ODBC JDBC route for data exchange. It is already the largest selling database solution on either platform and far outsells Access. That all said it is annoying that it does not provide parity on Mac and windows for the server. But then again we are talking about FMS 7 which is still at least 6 months away. There is a push to have this support added and I would expect that it will make it into the final product. Yes it is true that you will never be able to take a single copy as in the past and run a client as a data source for Witango. But I would argue that that was never a good solution in the 1st place. I want a multi-threaded service like FMS 7 to be my data source and for me as a connection to Witango it has been dead for years. FMS7 will offer the possibility to connecting to it as a backend and in some cases may offer an advantage, especially when the same server is running the in house data. There are so many new cool things about 7 that the idea of building a browsed based front end to it in most cases is not going to make sense of be cost effective. On the other hand because it is possible to architect a database now that looks very much like a SQL schema it will be possible to interact with a FM7 solution via a Witango solution. I would guess that the Mac ODBC, JDBC connectivity will be there this summer on release. But on the off chance it is not I don't see it really hurting the product. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Roland Dumas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Filemaker 7 then FMP is history. It was already, but this drives a stake through its heart On Mar 9, 2004, at 5:33 PM, Dan Stein wrote: > "We are committed to implement technologies cross platform when > possible and > intend to provide full support for ODBC/JDBC on the Mac as soon as > possible > but can't provide dates at this stage," said FileMaker spokesman Kevin > Mallon. ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
