Lorraine, I would not quickly dismiss the comments on filemaker. There are many of us that have been burned trying to make filemaker do the right thing.
You may be commited to ebase as a solution, but if filemaker is part of it, you are committed to having problems with it. lorraine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: % We have filemaker server. Sounds like you all are not interested in helping % us out, just talk about how you don't like it. That's okay that it doesn't % meet you standards, but, it is what we have chosen to use after much talk % talk with open source folks, nonprofit folks, database folks. We'll go % elsewhere for help. Thanks for considering, % lorraine % % On 4/20/07 4:18 PM, "Jason LaPier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % % > Not only that, but if you want multiple users it requires FileMakerPro % > server (which is far from free, as in beer, speech, or anything else), % > and I believe any customization needs to be done in FileMaker as well. % > When I click on any of the "Common Questions" on this % > http://www.ebase.org/dl/ page they all come up as blank pages. % > % > - Jason L. % > % > P.S. I could start a rant about this, but I think I'll just go on record % > as saying "I really, really hate FileMaker." % > % > % >> -----Original Message----- % >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] % >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Barrett % >> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:06 PM % >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group % >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Anyone wanna help us with a database? % >> % >> I think the point Roger brings up is that Ebase does not % >> appear to have the usual Free/Libre software licensing terms % >> that we all know and love so much :) % >> % >> I've also never heard of it, but am interested. I have very % >> limited openings for additional volunteer work, though! % >> Please stay in touch with me about the project, Lorraine. % >> % >> ben % >> % >> % >> On 4/20/07, lorraine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % >>> % >>> On 4/20/07 12:14 PM, "roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % >>> % >>>> On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 07:22 -0700, lorraine wrote: % >>>>> After much research, we are going to use a donor % >> tracking database % >>>>> called ebase. ebase will help us manage donors, prospects, % >>>>> volunteers, activists, and email lists. ebase is % >> designed to help us become self-sufficient. % >>>>> % >>>>> ebase is open-source software so it doesn't cost our % >> organization any money. % >>>>> % >>>>> We need someone to volunteer to help us set up the % >> database. If you % >>>>> have prior ebase knowledge, open source experience, or database % >>>>> experience, can you help us? % >>>> % >>>> % >>>> I've never heard of Ebase. (Maybe DBase?) So I took a % >> look at the % >>>> Ebase.org website. % >>>> % >>>> To download ebase, one needs to fill out an online % >> application with % >>>> an email address, address. % >>>> % >>>> Small *snip* from the website. % >>>> "All fields in the form below are required to have data in them. % >>>> Download instructions will be sent to your email address." % >>>> % >>>> % >>>> And of course, this one-liner from the front page, "ebase % >> can help % >>>> you raise more money" % >>>> % >>>> Me pokes pun here and says, "Does this mean if I download % >> 600MB of % >>>> free software, I should be rich by now?" ;-) % >>>> % >>>> Another thing, Ebase seems not to be present within % >> Gentoo's Portage. % >>>> Nor does a proposed ebuidld or any mention appear in any % >> bug reports. % >>>> % >>>> I do very little work with databases these days, but just thought % >>>> I'd put in my two cents. Why Ebase? Are there % >> compatibility reasons? % >>>> -- % >>>> Roger % >>>> http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/index.html % >>>> Key fingerprint = 8977 A252 2623 F567 70CD 1261 640F C963 % >> 1005 1D61 % >>>> % >>>> Fri Apr 20 12:14:54 PDT 2007 % >>> We have downloaded and registered. Ebase meets our needs % >> the best of % >>> all the database software and it is free. We are looking % >> for someone % >>> to help us set up the fields and brainstorm how to set it % >> up to best met our needs. % >>> lorraine % >>> % >>> % >>> % >>> _______________________________________________ % >>> EUGLUG mailing list % >>> euglug@euglug.org % >>> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug % >>> % >> _______________________________________________ % >> EUGLUG mailing list % >> euglug@euglug.org % >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug % >> % > _______________________________________________ % > EUGLUG mailing list % > euglug@euglug.org % > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug % > % % % _______________________________________________ % EUGLUG mailing list % euglug@euglug.org % http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug ----- John Sechrest . Helping people use . computers and the Internet . more effectively . . Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . http://www.peak.org/~sechrest _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
