[WEB4LIB] Re Filemaker e-jnls d'base

[Eric Hellman]

At 1:46 AM -0800 3/16/00, Kirsty Beveridge wrote:
>  To: Natalie Sturr
>
>Hello
>I have one query about the d'base - how many users is Filemaker 
>licensed for? Can more than one person use the web version  at a 
>time?
>I'm very pleased to see someone publishing the details behind the 
>d'base - I'm trying to do the same for our e-journals ( on a smaller 
>scale), and not familiar with filemaker 4  yet.
>
>Kirsty
>k.beveridge at norcol.ac.uk

Filemaker 4 was usable by an unlimited number of users. A great 
product in terms of bang/buck.

Filemaker 5 comes in several versions. The unlimited version has 
gotten a lot more expensive ($999); the standard version ($249) has 
this license restriction:

>(e) SPECIAL TERMS FOR FILEMAKER PRO ONLY: If you have licensed the 
>standard version of FileMaker Pro, when deploying FileMaker Pro for 
>hosting non-FileMaker Pro clients, you are permitted to host up to 
>but not more than ten (10) guests (e.g., IP addresses via the Web 
>Companion) or other API connections (e.g. ODBC, JDBC, Apple Events 
>or ActiveX) on a rolling twelve (12) hour schedule. You are further 
>prohibited from using the standard version of FileMaker Pro with any 
>middleware, application server, CGI, or other software or technology 
>that allows more than a single client to access any FileMaker Pro 
>database.


Eric Hellman
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