COMP: SOFTWARE FOR IRISARIANS
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- Subject: COMP: SOFTWARE FOR IRISARIANS
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:12:37 -0600 (MDT)
J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
>
> Dear James, my suggestion is: Write it for Macintosh. I would be interested
> in such a database program, especially if it would alphabetize upon
> command; but I have no desire, of any intensity, to change my operating
> system.
>
In the meantime Celia, Excel and Helix Express are two alternatives that
can do virtually everything you would want. I use Helix Exp mostly
because it has amazing flexibility in designing labels, tags and custom
reports and lists, but I can move the data back and forth between either
of them at will. Often the difficulty with specific application
programs, rather than general programs, is that you have to put up with
the designers decisions on how some functions are performed. Specific
application programs are often a little faster to get started in, and
may be easier to use for the specific functions they are designed for,
but often are not as flexible as you might want for your particular
needs and are difficult if not impossible to add functionality to.
Support is an important issue as well.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
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