Existing users, 
Where any reputable company would release minor upgrades and bug fixes, free of charge, Filemaker releases "Major Upgrades" every few months. It is merely a way to soak consumers for more and more fees that merely fix bugs that previous versions should not have had in the first place. Someone need to file a class action against these people.
Interested in buying version 10? Don't bother. Version 11 should be out next week.
FileMaker Pro
Database software to manage people, projects, assets and more.
Version: 10.0v3
Filemaker is a joke
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Brass Hammer Thursday, January 08 2009 @ 06:41 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
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Comments
So Where's the Punchline? - Brass Hammer
You are out of your mind. 12-18 months? More like 12-18 days, This thing has been out for ten "major versions" and you can't even use dialog boxes. Filemaker is the poster boy for why piracy flourishes.Thursday, January 29 2009 @ 07:14 AM PST
Filemaker is a joke - agape8ring
Sounds like an Access Developer losing clients to FileMaker.Saturday, January 10 2009 @ 07:14 AM PST
Filemaker is a joke - Brass Hammer
I do Macintosh only. You live in a dream world.Thursday, January 29 2009 @ 07:15 AM PST
Filemaker is a joke - zipper555
I don't understand why someone would post blatantly false information? If you don't like the software or product, post something that is useful such as the pros and cons - not inaccurate accusations.Here are the release dates for all the major versions in the last 10 years....
FileMaker 5 - Sept 1999
FileMaker 5.5 - April 2001
FileMaker 6.0 - Sept 2002
FileMaker 7.0 - March 2004
FileMaker 8.0 - Aug 2005
FileMaker 8.5 - Jan 2006
FileMaker 9.0 - July 2007
FileMaker 10.0 - Jan 2009
Wednesday, July 15 2009 @ 07:51 PM PDT
So Where's the Punchline? - aperlson
I usually look forward to your reviews and rants about overpriced software. They are often very entertaining.However, FileMaker is in the relatively unusual position of simultaneously catering to both individual and corporate customers; to both end-users and a large, vocal community of database developers; to both database novices and experts; and to those of us who work in Mac, Windows, and cross-platform environments. As a result, it's not difficult to find valid things to complain about -- just pick the user community cross-section that you identify with and you are bound to find something you don't like about some aspect of the product line and they way that it has evolved over the past 24 years.
Instead of doing that, you choose to make up stories about the product update cycle. Major FileMaker version revisions come out about every 12-18 months. Frugal individual and corporate customers typically skip every other version unless a newly added feature lights up their world, so this stuff about soaking consumers with "major upgrades every few months" makes you sound woefully misinformed (and perhaps a bit nutty).
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