Re: Need recommendation for a Windows and Mac Cross platform RDBMS using Netware 4.1/PINE screwed up!

Posted in 1996

Steve Gutterman — 7 Mar 1996 20:13:03 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <313E6A49.3B5F@Toplist.Com>, joecliff@Toplist.Com says... > >You're choices are fairly limited... > >MS Foxpro 2.6 works on both platforms and will allow you to copy your >source from one platform to the other with minimal pain and suffering. > >Filemaker Pro is also an option though I've never been to keen on its >macro/programming language -- it's pretty limited but I have seen some >very neat things done in it for both platforms. > >Another advantage to Foxpro 2.6 is the ODBC connectivity available in >both Professional editions of the software -- put your data on the >server run SQL Server (or Oracle or or or) and have your Mac & Win >applications share a "real" RDBMS. One major problem. Microsoft no longer sells FoxPro 2.6 for Windows (the current version is FoxPro 3.0 or Visual FoxPro). Why I don't know since this ruins their cross platform advantage.