![]() Until these events, there was no way to do it. The rise of Linux, the advent of OSX, and major databases like Sybase and Oracle being ported to the Mac, changed the market and raised the possibility of me working on Macs again. The Mac couldn’t even be considered at the time because there were no useful development tools available. All the machines I’d bought were PC’s of various makes and models. Up until that time, since the early ninety’s, the OS I developed in was Windows. I started working for my current employer last year. ![]() It has 1.0 GB of RAM and the latest version of Panther installed. It still has its OEM 30 GB hard drive, DVD RAM drive and video board. It’s a more modest, but capable machine, a dual 450 MHz Graphite G4 a Gigabit Ethernet model. ![]() The machine I develop on isn’t a fire breathing G5. I wrote this article because I think the results of the search I made for software that allows me to work productively on this machine may be of use to others. This article explains how I’m able to use an aging but still capable Mac for database development in a company that develops commercial decision support software for hospitals.
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