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Nov 25 2005

ANONYMOUS  I looked into this a couple of years ago (planning a migration from a FileMaker database) and it seemed pretty good at the time, but I think they've been left behind by MySQL (which I settled on) and others. It may be a good (or great) product but no critical mass!  
(Version 4.1.18)

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Feb 29 2004

DISAPPOINTED  Are these guys really a company or a bunch of hackers? No compatibility between versions 3 and 4. I guess it doesn't matter if there's no installed base. Glad I didn't waste too much time with the "prototype version."

Their website (frontbase.com) says the latest version is 3.6.2 but here we are talking about 4.1.1. What's up with that?  
(Version 4.1.1)

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Sep 30 2004

JASON  There is an installed base and a rather impressive one. Apple uses FrontBase in many of its user-driven forums as well as other internal functions. Many other corporations use it, too.

FrontBase is very, very cool and offers some security options not found in other sql-based database engines. It has a tool to help convert from other db structures inclusing FileMakerPro and a pretty good support system if you need it. We have been looking at replacing MySQL with a few FB servers, but have not had the budget yet to do so, but it is the plan.  
(Version 4.1.15)

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