Steve Cassidy wrote:
> On Mar 14, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Angus Gilmour wrote:
>
>> What I am a little concerned with, however, is why you are stuck in 
>> the dark
>> ages with an obsolete version of filemaker when you want to use a more
>> sophisticated method of hosting and sharing filemaker databases.  Why 
>> not at
>> least upgrade it to version 10 to take advantage of the many advanced
>> features.
>
> Angus
>
> The upgrade from FMP6 (or FMS5) to FMP7+ is not trivial. Changes in 
> Filemaker were so great between those versions that, in the case of a 
> complicated solution, it is often more effective to start again (ie 
> rewrite the solution) than to convert. This might mean a huge amount 
> of work and cost.
>
> A former client of mine is just now going through the process. They've 
> been at it for a year or more. Big job. But in the end it has to be 
> done because the hardware to run FMP6/FMS5 just won't be available.
>
> Anyway, I imagine this is the reason why the original poster is keen 
> to find hardware that will run such an old version.
>
> Steve
Steve is correct.  I had just rewritten our entire solution in FM6 when 
FM 7 came out.  I was not happy to find that FM7 was not backwards 
compatible.  But time heals most wounds and I am beginning to realize 
that I may indeed have to either rewrite in FM11 or abandon FM all 
together.  But in the meantime I need a new server so any help is 
appreciated.

Thanks

Jeff