Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!aurs01!whitcomb From: whitcomb@aurs01.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Good database software wanted. Message-ID: <59752@aurs01.UUCP> Date: 22 Apr 91 14:47:38 GMT References: <5459@wucc.waseda.ac.jp> <40250017@hpindda.cup.hp.com> Sender: news@aurs01.UUCP Reply-To: whitcomb@aurw32.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb) Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC Lines: 41 goo@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Michael Goo) writes: [Gobs of stuff deleted] >On a related note, has anyone tried out Timework's new Data Manager >Professional? Any thoughts you'd care to share? ^^^ Do you mean that there is a new version of Data Manager Professional? I bought mine about a year ago, and although I haven't spent a great deal of time with it, it does seem like a nice vanilla database. The thing is completely GEM driven, but the menus and documentation are very "British", and some of the terms were less than intuitive in American English. (Funny how the languages have diverged! Usually the changes I've noticed are in developments in technology made since the turn of the century...truck vs. lorry, trunk/hood vs. boot/bonnet and so on. I was in England on business a year ago and had to translate British English to American English for my partner. Reminds me of a quote from "My Fair Lady". :^) ) Once you get used to the terminology it is easy to use, and relatively powerful. You have to live with the built in features though, because there is no associated command language. You also have to make sure you plan out your data fields well in advance, because you can't easily add new ones or change parameters of existing ones once you've gotten started. It should be more than adequate for all but the most advanced users. The program is not copy protected, so you can use it on your hard disk. It comes on two floppy disks, and is not bad to operate off of floppies (I did so before I bought my hard drive). -Jonathan ********************************************************************** Jonathan Whitcomb UUCP: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh, NC Delphi: JBWHIT