[BusMac] The List and its future

[Peter Gutmann]

Good idea on the introductions.

Arakawa is a supplier of hardware for hanging "things" from very small 
steel cable.  Shelves, signs, art, etc.  We use BizBasics (Filemaker 
Pro templates for Customer Service, Mail order, Inventory) and 
Filemaker Server, QuickBooks, iPhoto for tracking photos of user 
installations.  Have a 10 user mac-only network, with a linux server 
running filemaker databases (about 40 different ones, almost 1 GB of 
data).

Most of my questions tie in to using BizBasics, or finding cheap and 
effective ways of sharing information within a networked office 
environment.  For example, we figured out how to create private and 
shared calendars for all employees using iCal and one .mac 
subscription, so that we have a shared calendar server so we all know 
each other's schedules.

Not very pleased with QuickBooks, but haven't heard any convincing 
evidence that other accounting software apps are better.

Regards,

Peter
Arakawa Hanging Systems USA, Inc.
1020 SE Harrison St.
Portland, OR 97214
888.ARAKAWA (232.5292)
T 503.236.0440
F 503.236.0427
http://www.arakawagrip.com
On Jun 1, 2004, at 10:15 AM, Michael Grant wrote:

> On Jun 1, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Wm. Neal Lewis wrote:
>
>> The list should continue. I would like to see more people, quicker 
>> turn
>> around and more interest in a lot of different areas that are business
>> related.
>
> Maybe we should exchange brief (re-)introductions--who we are, what 
> our businesses are about (no ads please!), our interest in the Mac and 
> in this list. As for me, I'm in the language translating business with 
> a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Mac software interests: MS 
> Office, FileMaker, MYOB AccountEdge (but not averse to switching to 
> QuickBooks one of these days), InDesign, AppleScript, cross-platform 
> issues, maybe Cocoa in the unlikely event that I ever find the time 
> (same goes for PostgreSQL & PHP).
>
> Michael
>
> -- 
> Blue Danube Enterprises, Inc.
> The Central and East European Language Source
> mailto:bdanube at bdanube.com
> http://www.bdanube.com
>
>
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