June Meeting Notes

June 13, 2008 – 8:03 am by Peter Hinchliffe

The meeting notes for the May 6 WAMUG General Meeting are now up on the Meetings page, again courtesy of Ian Conaghan. Click on the Meetings Page and click the link 3rd June - Monthly Meeting at the bottom of the page.

FileMaker Pro 9 Named Best Database Management Solution In SIIA 2008 CODiE Awards

May 23, 2008 – 9:20 am by Peter Hinchliffe


Recognized by 750 software industry member companies, the world’s software authorities

 

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 22, 2008 - FileMaker Pro 9, the No. 1 desktop database software from FileMaker, Inc., was named Best Database Management Solution at last night’s 2008 Software Industry Information Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards held last night in San Francisco.

FileMaker Pro 9, for Windows, Mac and the Web, is used by a huge variety of customers to manage people, projects, assets and more.750 of the software industry’s most prestigious and authoritative software companies selected FileMaker Pro 9 for excellence in design and development as the Best Database Management Solution for 2008.”We’re delighted that the CODiE Award judges have recognized the significance, value and quality of FileMaker Pro 9,” said FileMaker president Dominique Goupil.”I applaud FileMaker for winning this year’s CODiE Award for Best Database Management software,” said Ken Wasch, SIIA president. “The software and information industry continues to move at a dizzying pace, and being recognized by your peers for getting to and staying at the head of the pack in such a dynamic environment is a major accomplishment. It is one of the reasons why the CODiE Awards hold such a special place in our industry.”About FileMaker, Inc.FileMaker, Inc. develops award-winning database software. Its products include the legendary FileMaker Pro product line for Windows, Mac and the web, and the new Bento personal database for Mac. FileMaker Pro won 48 awards, more than its next eight competitors combined, in the past five years in the U.S., and a total of 129 awards worldwide during this time. Millions of customers, from individuals to large organizations, rely on FileMaker, Inc. software to manage, analyze and share information. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Inc.(from an announcement by Filemaker Australia, on the Technet )  

May Meeting Notes

May 22, 2008 – 8:56 am by Peter Hinchliffe

The meeting notes for the May 6 WAMUG General Meeting are now up on the Meetings page, courtesy of Ian Conaghan. You can check them out here, or swing over to the Meetings Page and click the link 6th May - Monthly Meeting at the bottom of the page.

Keyboard shortcuts..including that pesky Print Screen

March 28, 2008 – 8:00 am by Rosemary Horton

Are you like me? Do you have to use Windows at work and prefer an Apple at home? I find mostly this causes no problem, except with keyboard shortcuts. My mind sometimes just glitches. Read the rest of this entry »

Downspinning

March 25, 2008 – 11:14 am by Toby Oldham

Until 2 weeks ago, I was the proud owner of a Dual 1.8 G5 tower. Not anymore. I decided to rationalise my computing experience, as I’ve realised something:

Relative silence is golden.

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Join the Mailing List

March 8, 2008 – 1:53 pm by Administrator

Hi Everyone,

The WAMUG Committee would like to extend a formal invitation to everyone to join the email mailing list. There are currently about 500 people subscribed from all walks of life. Join the discussion, ask questions that’s what it’s there for.  Click here to Join for free.

New Web Site

February 21, 2008 – 3:14 pm by Administrator

Hi Everyone,

After a long a painful journey the new, easier to manage, WAMUG Web Site is now open. Although it is by no means finished. Have a play and see if you can break it.

As it supports comments on the pages, feel free to leave one. Tell us what works, what doesn’t and if you think something should be added.

- Matt