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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Microsoft File
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Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 14:05:58 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 22 14:05:58 1987
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In article <31157@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>Take a hint from all the other ex-File users. Find a new database. It's been
>over two years since Microsoft last updated File, and from my attempts to
>get an answer out of them over it, they seem to have no intention of doing
>any further support on it.
>
>Go get Filemaker+. It's a good, inexpensive little database with very strong
>report writer features.

It's so good (to quote the President of Remington), Microsoft bought the
company, and tried to buy the database -- obviously to replace File.

Frankly, HyperCard is a better database than File, which isn't saying
much...

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