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In article <1992Dec21.003958.20064@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jek5036@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.E. King) writes:
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>Seems as though everybody uses Filemaker Pro 2.0v2 and 4th Dimension.. Some
>people have mentioned FoxBase/Mac.. what ever happened to Double Helix?
>How do people feel about DH?  As a consultant I recommend DH for most
>applications because of it's flexibility and power.  Other comments on DH?

First of all, Odesta Corporation went out of business almost a year ago, and
the Double Helix product line was purchased and a new company called Helix
Technologies was started to continue to support and develop Double Helix. Just
recently, the next generation of Double Helix (called "Helix Express") was 
released which included all sorts of new features (that I won't go into now)
and some much-needed bug fixes.

Now that that's cleared up...my comments about Helix. Don't bother. Helix can't
do anything that any (if not every) other Mac database can't do. Much (~50%) of
Helix's source is almost 10 years old and completely unintelligible to humans.
As more and more changes happen in the Machintosh world, Helix gets further and
further out of date - with little or no chance of ever catching up. The 
management at Helix Technologies can't seem to grasp the concept that the world
around them is changing and they need to take their blinders off and at least 
try to get back in the race. 

Joey Gray
geek@casbah.acns.nwu.edu

PS - If you couldn't tell, I have a disliking of the company because of the way
I was (and still am) treated. I used to work on Helix, both before and after 
Odesta went down in flames. Never have I seen a more talented, yet severly
misguided group of individuals.