[nylug-talk] mysql vs. filemaker

["José A. Muñiz"]

John Greene wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> just on a lark, I thought I'd see if anyone here knew of a resource
> comparing MySQL with FileMaker.  I know they are apples and oranges, or
> rather pencils and typewriters, but I have a very good reason for
> needing some unbiased benchmark comparisons.  searching on google gives
> a whole lot of nothing.

I couldn't find anything after about 3 days of solid searching about 2 
months back. But maybe someone else knows of a resource?

My $.02:

I recently did some volunteer work with a local non-profit that used 
filemaker extensively. The multiuser concurrent use of FM without their 
FM server product seemed *really* slow (it could be the 
conflict/transaction resolution system, could be whatever!).

On the other hand, the clients *really* loved the UI. It seemed much 
easier for them, and there was a marked increase in time-productivity 
with FM users compared to web-based clients in the small pilot we did.

We ended up moving the databases themselves to mysql (in order to do 
some more advanced web and reporting work) and connecting the end-users 
via FM's obdc drivers. Worked really well.

One note of caution with benchmarks on FM. There is a FM server product 
and several third party add-on products that can help or hurt 
performance. READ THE FINE PRINT closely.

Y