1. Bento: The Database for the Rest of Us
In this chapter you’ll find an overview of Bento along with a step-by-step guide to getting started and understanding Bento’s terminology.
Introducing Bento
Built on Mac OS X, Bento is a personal database from FileMaker. A wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, FileMaker has sold more than 15 million units of easy-to-use database software, to companies large and small as well as education, government, and research organizations. FileMaker’s long-standing presence in the database world and the company’s key understanding of how users use—and don’t use—databases is how Bento has seen the success it has. At the same time, Bento is made possible not just by Apple’s Mac OS X operating system, but also by Apple’s ...
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