They knew what a good user interface looked like from working at Wang, so they decided to make something better and formed Nashoba Systems.

You had to decide everything ahead of time and once you started entering data, the design of your database was essentially frozen in place. The records were all fixed format, with fields of fixed length and type. You had to know all the commands and type them in correctly to do anything. The user interface was a prompt that was a single dot at the left edge of the screen. In their opinion, the existing databases were just awful. They concluded that it would be too hard to break into that market. They looked around and saw that a number of other companies were already working on word processing products. Outside the hall there was a tent that had a small section devoted to PCs. In those days, computer conferences for businesses concentrated on mini computers and larger. Spec and Dan attended a computer conference. This is quite different from the culture of most technology companies these days, which encourage or even require creativity. Spec Bowers, Alan Albert, Dan Chadwick and Jega Arulpragasam wanted to develop new products but the Wang Labs didn’t foster this type of creativity with their political culture. The history of FileMaker dates back to the early 1980s with four people who originally worked at Wang Laboratories. The rolodexes from FileMaker 1.0, FileMaker Plus, FileMaker Pro 1.0, FileMaker Pro 5.5, FileMaker Pro 7.0 and FileMaker Pro 15.

Recent history is written from my knowledge of the industry. Glenn is a FileMaker developer and generalist who lives and works in Arlington, Massachusetts. Information regarding the early history of FileMaker is adapted from an interview with Spec Bowers by Glenn C. For some years they had an adjacent building called the interstitial but it was let go when the company downsized to focus on FileMaker products. The building is nicknamed the wedge because it looks like a wedge. have been housed in a building called the wedge in Santa Clara, California since they spun off from Apple, Inc. The Wedge Claris Corporation and the FileMaker, Inc. When in Manage Database, make sure you are viewing fields by field name so they are alphabetically arranged. Just click on any field so the field area is active and then type the first few characters of the field name. Type Ahead When you are in a dialog trying to locate a field in a long list, don't forget about type ahead. Email John Mark Osborne or call John Mark at (909) 393-4664 to find out more about this service. Over programming hurdles via GoToMeeting. Meta-consulting is a service Database Pros offers to help other developers The Philosophy of FileMaker recommends PCI! Support this site by clicking on a sponsor below or becoming a patron! The Philosophy of FileMaker - FileMaker History

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