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From: tecot@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Edward Tecot)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Databases
Message-ID: <424@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 12:12:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 12:12:57 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Jun-85 07:56:51 EDT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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I was going to bring this up at the users' group meeting, but I thought I
might get better and faster info from the net.  I need a database to keep
track of membership and contacts for the group.  Here are the requirements:

1) It must work (DB Master fails on this one)
2) It must be easy to use (I'd like to set up the database and begin typing
	fifteen minutes)
3) It must be inexpensive (<$200 retail)
4) I will want to print labels and other lists, it must be able to do this
	simply; if I can display more than one record in a row, this is a plus
	(i.e. 3-up labels)  (DBMaster does not print on a Mac XL, or an
	Imagewriter configured for Thunderscan)
5) It should be able to handle a large number of small records (500 records
	of about 200 bytes each)

As you can tell, I have used DBMaster.  My only complaint is that it usually
doesn't do what I want it to, even though it appears that it could.  I do
not need a powerful database, Lotus Jazz is probably overkill.  A proven
product would be best; if someone could tell me that they have used Product
X for 6 months continuously and have not seen a problem and they have tried
everything that I mentioned, that would probably be what I would want.

						_emt