Depending on the version of FileMaker  you have ( 10 and up I 
believe) you can host up to 10 right now the same way you are doing 
it. So if you like what you are doing, you can keep on keeping on.

What you do not have now is automated backups among other things. If 
you have not backed up since last Christmas, hmm ... there is no down 
side to going to server.

I have clients doing what you are doing and they have been doing it 
for 10 years. Very cost effective.

I do believe however that there are some server experts out there who 
can give you in depth reasons why server is better and why what I am 
saying is heresy. :-)

>  Hi,
>
>We have 3 computers in our office all running a filemaker solution 
>using one computer as the host. It has been suggested that we get a 
>server and if we do, can we use the server as the 'host' machine for 
>the other 3 to use our filemaker solution. I keep thinking that 
>while it may sound logical there is probably a reason not to do it.
>
>Any thoughts ?
>--
>Lee


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