---- Dana Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I presently have a FMPro 6 solution with 5 users and am trying to figure out > how much it would cost to upgrade the software to version 9 Server and have > the ability to have 30-35 users, some of who would require editing > privileges and some who would only require browsing privileges. Short of > buying the server license and 35 new versions of FileMaker Pro, does anyone > have any suggestions that would help make this any less expensive?
If you're going to have more than half a dozen users logged in at a time, it will PAY you (in terms of saved time and aggravation) to have FileMaker Server. You'll also be grateful for the tremendously easy way in which FileMaker Server backs up your files. The main question is whether each of those 30-35 users needs her or his own copy of regular FileMaker Pro installed. Can some of the less frequent users share a computer? (In at least 1 installation I know of, they found it cheaper to spring for an extra COMPUTER, which was dedicated to FileMaker Pro use, and people took turns using it rather than each of them having their own copy of the software. Obviously, this wasn't a situation where time was a major consideration. YMMV)
