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MacPhx · Mar 13, 2001, 10:55 PM

I was wondering recently, when Microshaft was smaller(was it ever) didn't they produce a version of Access for Mac?

This would help me with something that I am pondering.

Thanks in advance

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bleen · Mar 16, 2001, 12:48 AM

There has never been Access for the Mac. It had a Mail program back in Office 4, but was sorta abandond when Outlook was created, and then brought back with Entourage.

I think a part of the Apple/MS deal was that Apple would make File Maker as the Mac Database program, and that's why you see the semi-integration between File Maker and Office 98/2001

finboy · Mar 16, 2001, 01:15 PM

They did make a FoxPro for the mac, and I think they sold that even after Access was around.

You can still find FoxPro for the Mac at ebay occasionally.

MacPhx · Mar 19, 2001, 05:06 AM

thanks....

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................

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finboy · Mar 19, 2001, 12:47 PM

AND FoxPro still runs under 8.6. Some of the menu items are goofy (as it was with all of the Office 4.2-level apps) but it works fine apparently.

Let's here it for dBase!

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Mac_hiavelli · Mar 23, 2001, 02:12 PM

I've read that Oracle is porting their UNIX version to OSX.

This would be THE heavyweight e-commerce app for Mac.
especially combined with Apache and integrated Java.

MacPhx · Mar 27, 2001, 07:35 PM

oooooOOOOOOOOoooooooooo

seems that someone has beaten me to the punch.....

hmmmmm...

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Apr 5, 2001, 12:05 PM

You mightbe able to write a realbasic app that connects to an Access-database.

typoon · Apr 19, 2001, 11:00 AM

I talked to a Microsoft Mac Person one year at MacWorld and I asked him the same question about Access for Mac. His answer was pretty surprising. He said something that amounted to filmaker is a better database and that is why Access is not coming to the Mac.

Apr 19, 2001, 11:33 AM

And he was right; actually I'm still waiting for M$ to buy FM.
BTW, you can also write a FM-app to connect to a Acces DB (instead of doing it in real basic)

typoon · Apr 19, 2001, 01:55 PM

Originally posted by marcv:
And he was right; actually I'm still waiting for M$ to buy FM.
BTW, you can also write a FM-app to connect to a Acces DB (instead of doing it in real basic)

I wouldn't want M$ to buy FM, The would F#ck it up. It is a Great DB program and I wouldn't want M$ to get there grubby hands on it.

Apr 20, 2001, 07:30 AM

Like they did with for instance Word. Good point, it's only I have to deal pretty often with MS Acces, I know it quit well, but I would rather not. (anyway nice speculations)

CremerK · Apr 20, 2001, 12:30 PM

M$ actually bought Access from someone else too. The Access 95 version was really nice, as they pretty much didn't change anything, but Access 97 was a piece of trash.

I'm not a big fan of apps like Access and FileMaker anyway, though. I'd prefer to throw MySQL, or some other real SQL server, in the background and write the front-end in whatever makes sense, whether it's a web app, spreadsheet, application, or even Access. It's a lot easier to share the database between multiple users and you can add change the whole front-end technology when the next big thing hits.

DOSorphan · Apr 25, 2001, 01:49 AM

Why on Earth would anyone want to use any of the crap produced by MicroSloth? I have used many different word processing, database, and spreadsheet apps. The ones from MS have consistently been inefficient, memory-hogging crap!!!!
Must be why they're the market leaders.

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