Re: [Pythoncard-users] Re: PythonCard suitability for a project; looking for opinions

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

On Sep 13, 2004, at 3:08 PM, normanwinn wrote:

> Kevin Altis asked:
>
>> In particular, I would like to hear about features that products like 
>> FileMaker Pro provide that are needed for an OS tool that users could 
>> transition to without feeling like they are taking a step backwards.
>>
> I'd like to start more positively. My major client would forgive a 
> great deal if he got more speed. And I'm pretty sure he will get it if 
> I go down this, the Python/PythonCard, road. I start with this comment 
> as much of what Filemaker does is probably not worth reproducing 
> providing the user experience in the new environment is perceived as 
> positive.
>
> Filemaker 7 has just come out and it is much slower than version 6. On 
> moving to OS X we already took a speed hit so, in the four years I 
> have been working on this thing, instead of hardware improvements 
> making things slick it has all got slower. On top of this, FM7 
> requires relearning much of what one has done + obliges a rewrite. 
> Hence the reason my search is on.
>
>
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I just went to say, wow, that was an awesome breakdown of FileMaker 
issues. Building a complete replacement is certainly no easy task, but 
from what I've seen lately such as the Slashdot discussion below, the 
demand for an Open Source replacement is certainly there.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/31/0121250

And in case I forgot to mention it before, check out the PyFileMaker 
module.

http://www.yellowduck.be/filemaker/

I look forward to seeing more PythonCard apps and samples that address 
the DB problem space.

ka