Yah, but Sowbug, nothing says Apple has to dump FM Pro to provide a
hi-end DB. In fact, I don't see how they could pull this off, since
you are suggesting they make a sweetheart deal with Oracle so that
they can lie in bed with MSFT to directly compete with Oracle's
Mac product. More likely, Oracle would use FM Pro to force an
upgrade into Oracle. This has happened in the past, and the easy
low-end product disappears, and users are at a loss for something
to replace it.
For example, where are the low end wordprocessors? Gone, or not
worth it. OK, but we have ClarisWorks. Gee, maybe AAPL should
sell that to Corel and co-develop MSWorks.
Arggh. If this ends up being the general trend, there really
won't be any reason to buy an Apple machine any more. |
