Hi. I posted a little while ago with some questions on legacy versions of FM. The answers were really helpful. Now the company I work for is about to make the jump to OS X and I have a question I can't find an answer to anywhere else.

The office needs just three people to use FM and one file on it. Including the server, there are four people. If I buy ONE copy of FileMaker for the office, can it go on all four machines? Or will FM do a network check like MS Office does and only allow one machine to run it at a time?

This is a small office and every dollar is really examined. The cost of FM and similar software may very well decide if the office wills switch to OS X or not, or at the very least when.

I am NOT looking to pirate any software. I just want to know if there is some issue with installing a legal copy on more than one machine in an office.

Thanks, all.

FileMaker does search all machines on a network, and will not open, if it finds the same number already open. You wiill get a message and then it just closes down.

HTH

Lee

RE: I am NOT looking to pirate any software. I just want to know if there is some issue with installing a legal copy on more than one machine in an office.

I am afraid that will be classified as unlicensed copies on multiple machines.

What you can do and be legal, is to run single FM and let other users -- up to 10 IP during 12 hours period connect via Instant Web Publishing or even better via Custom Web Publishing.