Michael Rocharde on the difference between using spreadsheets or a database to track, and use, information in your business. I prefer to think of these two concepts in more direct terms: Excel vs FileMaker. Now some might say I am comparing apple and oranges–it’s not a valid comparison as they are not the same. But in the real […]
Michael and I had a very nice conversation on the phone this past Monday morning, talking about FileMaker and business in general. We also discussed the Excel vs. FileMaker series he has produced–this one being the third in the series: Here are some more side-by-side comparisons between Excel and FileMaker but, before we move onto them, I should […]
Michael Rocharde follows up his 5 video Part 1 post on Excel vs FileMaker with a great example of the benefits of relational databases over spreadsheets: Entering data one time and using it over and over again, without having to type it in again. Excel is an extraordinarily powerful tool for those functions it does […]
Excel vs FileMaker. Every FileMaker developer is asked to compare and contrast the two. A lot of data is collected and stored in Excel, as well as output to excel from FileMaker. So there is the fact that they work together well. But when the observation of the prospective client is that Excel does great […]
Peter Boyce: A quick note of caution- I am sure that all of the FileMaker community agree with the sentiment of Rocharde's…
Michael Rocharde: Peter, I'm absolutely sure you are right about Excel being vastly more powerful than presented. I make no claim to…
Peter Boyce: Hi Michael. I agree that FileMaker is the next best thing since sliced bread and is in every way better…
Michael Rocharde: Hi Peter Thanks for your reply and Id love to see what you are talking about. Would it be possible…