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In article <40709@netnews.upenn.edu> porten@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey  Porten) writes:


   I am involved with an organization that is in the process of developing 
   a database which we will distribute.  The organization is non-profit, and
   our plans are currently to not make any profits off of the distribution.

   I need some information about getting licenses for this project.  Our
   current plans are to use one of the following three platforms: Hypercard,
   Filemaker Pro, or 4th Dimension.

My personal suggestion is whatever you do: don't use HyperCard as a
database package. Yes, it feels like one, but it just is not equipped to
manipulate megs and megs of data. Maybe you could have some database
XCMDS, etc that would maintain the data _outside_ of the stack. That way
when the stack gets corrupted (I have seen this happen), your data
doesn't go adios!

I suggest you use FM Pro or 4D, depending on your database needs,
especially since this will be a production database.

Filemaker is simple and easy to use, but it _is_ simple. 4D is
relational and much more powerful that FileMaker. In addition, it is a
little more complicated.

That's my $0.02!!

- MLB
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