[FX.php List] [OFF sort of] Shifting from 8.5 to 9 gradually

Gjermund Gusland Thorsen ggt667 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 16:48:03 MDT 2007


In terms of the technical terms hosting I do not see the big difference.

On 8/8/07, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> There are some significant differences in FM Server 9:
>
> 1. You don't have to install the Web Publishing Engine to do PHP hosting
> anymore (at least with the FM API).
>
> 2. When you do backups, you can choose to have consistency checked in your
> backups, which is a very good idea.
>
> 3. You don't have to install Admin software on any computer in order to
> administer the server. You can run the Admin from any browser on any
> computer (any modern OS that is).
>
> 4. THIS ONE IS HUGE FOR MY COMPANY: You can upload files directly to the
> server, and server will open them (both Windows and Mac), and in Mac OS X
> will even set permissions properly. It'll even enable network access for you
> as well if you forget to enable it in your databases.
>
> 5. You can do PHP with FM Server, and don't have to buy FM Server
> Advanced--which for many people will be a welcome change.
>
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
>
> FMSA 8 and 9 are essentially the same, database hosting wise.
>
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> However admining is a little bit better.
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> ggt667
>
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