Re: Need recommendation for a Windows and Mac Cross platform RDBMS using Netware 4.1

> In article <4hn1j3$m0p@knot.queensu.ca>, > thompsng@post.QueensU.CA (Gord Thompson) wrote: > >Julian Eccli <u1002067@host> wrote: > >> I am making an inventory database at work, we use both Mac's and > >>Windows platforms using Novell Netware 4.1 to connect everything. Does > >>anyone know of a good Relational Database that can work under DOS/Windows > >>(preferably) and has clients for Macintosh and Windows using a Netware > >>4.1 network. > > > >I've had good luck with FoxPro2.6a, although the Windows and Mac users > >are in separate groups and do not need to share each other's data. The > >Macs use EtherTalk and the Windows boxes connect via WfW. No NetWare > >involved, but I copy data files (.DBF, .CDX, etc.) from one platform > >to the other with no translation whatsoever. > > > >FoxPro on the Macs is a lot slower than it is on the PC's, despite the > >fact that the Macs are fancy PowerMac machines are the Windows boxes > >are lowly 486's. But, that may have more to do with the Mac itself > >than with FoxPro. No, it has to do with Microsoft's crappy job of porting a Windows product to the Mac. It's the FoxPro/Mac user interface (screens) that is really slow. Database operations and non-screen program execution is very fast on the Mac. However, the slow user interface creates the perception among end users that FoxPro/Mac is really slow. I've been using FP 2.6a/Mac recently on a client's lowly Quadra 610 for data procesing -- extracting data from mainframe data dumps and inserting into dbfs -- and I can tell you it is fast. Also, from what I've heard, FoxPro PPC version isn't really as PPC native as it could be. Andrew Warner awarner@cais.com ` ` ` ` ` `