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} In the database arena, you can go with simple flat file like FileMaker Pro
} or First 4D. Or truly relational like FoxBase and 4th Dimension.

} True, the Macintosh doesn't provide you with 50 crappy database programs
} or 40 different networking schemes, but it provides you with good ones.

Again, I believe 'Database' is being used to refer to the higher
end databases (Oracle, Sybase, Ingres, DB/2, etc.). The above two
readings could have to do with my own exposure and may not be the
true expressions of the posters, just my take on it.

I have used both machines and they both have their benefits and drawbacks.
They are just tools and people should treat them as such. I have a PC at
home, I could not afford a Mac at the time, and I can accomplish all that
I need to do. When I am at the school lab, I will use whichever type is
available, the file formats are compatible and the WP interfaces are similar.
I may be slightly more technically advanced than the average user, but I
don't think this makes any difference.

There is a Mac commercial that shows a father setting up a new PC with his
son and they talk about editing CONFIG.SYS and the rest. Most new PC's sold
now come complete and do not require such contortions to get them running.
Both Macs and PCs are similar in that you attach all the cables and turn
them on, not much else to them. The PCs I have seen for sale even boot up
directly into Windows (they do this also with 95 I guess, I don't run it).
I am not saying that the PC is easy to configure, I am just saying that many
people will not ever even try to change it.

Tom

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Thomas M. Buccelli (tmb@idm.com)

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