In the next installment of this article, we’ll look at some of the relational databases that become available to Macintosh users under Mac OS X. But before we dive into those two acronyms, let me introduce you to the relational database model. Unfortunately, none of these databases qualify as "industrial strength." Don’t get me wrong: they do their jobs well, but they lack the qualities that many database professionals crave: SQL and ACID. I’m partial to the newcomer Valentina, while other folks swear by Helix RADE or Frontier. On the classic Mac OS, FileMaker Pro and 4D dominate the database scene. In particular, I’m interested in relational databases. Since I don’t make movies and I’m not a scientist, I’m most interested in the business side of this software. This is the type of software that drives Fortune 500 companies, calculates extremely complex chemical reactions, and generates the movies we watch. As a programmer, I’m overjoyed because we Mac users now have access to certain industrial-strength software. As a user, I worry the Mac experience could degrade into editing brittle text configuration files and typing obscure and unforgiving commands.
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