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#1 ·
I'm not a big time developer, but I do have the advanced version and have dome several workgroup solutions in a previous life as a corporate peon and when I was self-employed.

What I have been noticing lately is that all they're doing is pushing and improving Bento. Bento this and Bento that. I'm wondering whether Filemaker Inc. will go the way of the dodo bird very shortly and Apple will take over any Bento development or just kill it along with Filemaker.

I'm not getting good vibes with respect to any of it...
 
#3 ·
Pretty dumbed down as it is, Groove, but functional I suppose. I only have limited experience with Bento, The only reason I purchased the original version was because it had an iPhone app at that time. Since FM-GO I don't need Bento.
 
#4 ·
You are mistaken that nothing is being done to move FileMaker forward. We've seen a number of minor updates including one last September. FileMaker Go was released just over a year ago and the main FM product typically sees a major release every 12-24 months. FM 11 was released in March of 2010, so it's coming up on the 24 months. I'm guessing that we'll hear something before the summer is over.
 
#5 ·
Okay, but do you think it's a viable long term platform? Do you think Apple will continue to support (hold) FM Inc?
 
#7 ·
Alright, you're definitely closer to the pulse of FM than I am, but with Apple moving away from enterprise (unless it's the iPhone) and pro markets, you can't blame me for bring concerned.
 
#9 ·
That may be true, but Apple still owns FM Inc. and can do whatever it pleases ---it wouldn't be the first time they would just drop something without much of a warning. Their trend concentrates on consumer mobility, that is the direction they've embraced. FM may no longer play a part in that, Bento might, but there is no guarantee.
 
#11 ·
I've always viewed Bento as the personal Database application while Filemaker is the enterprise version. That said, Filemaker 12 has some pretty slick improvements to it, and Filemaker GO is a really exciting concept.

Depends what you need your Database to do, and how you are using it.

Having been forced to use Microsoft products in my career, I'd say it's the Mac answer of Access between SQL Server.
 
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