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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Database toolkits
Keywords: Resource Manager, Databases
Message-ID: <11917@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 Jun 88 00:13:37 GMT
References: <17474@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <11434@apple.Apple.Com> <728@taux01.UUCP>
Reply-To: dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <728@taux01.UUCP> taux01!cyosta@nsc.UUCP (Yossie Silverman) writes:
>In article <11434@apple.Apple.Com> dan@apple.UUCP (Dan Allen) writes:
>>Using the Resource Manager for a database manager is *** NOT RECOMMENDED
>>**. PERIOD.
>>
>Now I don't know about this.  You see, I know these people who wrote an entire
>database (of 4D quality) on a mac using the resource manager as the database
>manager.  They were aware of the shortcommings of the resource manager as far
>as speed goes so they wrote a patch for it which made it work somewhat faster
>(I seem to recall something like 50 times (yes) faster).  These patches even

*** PERSONAL OPINION (NOT APPLE'S) FLAME ON ***

4D Quality?  I believe it.  4th Dimension and dBaseMac are slow and
terrible programs.  They are huge, slow, complicated, and buggy.  The
Resource Manager is a bit better.

*** END OF DAN ALLEN PERSONAL OPINION WORTH WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT ***

I hope that the Resource Manager could be improved, and I know that many
would like to have a ToolBox level Database Manager.  I believe that
Apple is aware of this need and is trying to do something about it.

Dan Allen