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Trevor Jenkins Date: Tue Sep 18, 2001 7:27 am Subject: Re: [SignWriting] Linux & the SignBank 2.0 Database | ||||||||
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Valerie Sutton wrote: > SignWriting List > September 17, 2001 > > QUESTION: Will the new SignBank 2.0 database support Linux? > > ANSWER: Yes. SignBank 2.0 is a specially-designed database in > FileMaker 5.0 or later. The new FileMaker 5.5 does support Linux. That's great news :-) as my computing environment is solely Linux. > Here is information about FileMaker 5.5: > > Platforms and Technologies Supported > > FileMaker supports multiple platforms, including the Web, Windows, > Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Linux, Windows 2000 Terminal Services and Citrix > MetaFrame (certification planned for summer of 2001),Palm, iMode > (planned for late 2001, in Japan), and - planned for first half of > 2002 -Pocket PC. Sadly that's the only sentence on the entire FileMaker web site to mention Linux. I'm hassling FM directly to provide more information (system requirements, features, price, etc) on this supposed Linux version. There's lots of Windows NT/2000 noise but virtual silence on Linux. Regards, Trevor British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! -- <>< Re: deemed! | ||||||||
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