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Products ranked on a scale of 1 (worst) to 5 (best).

Product Publisher Price In brief Issue reviewed Box score
DATABASE
Entry-Level
FileMaker Pro 3.0
Claris Corp. 800-544-8554, 408-727-8227 $199 Easy to use, but it's relational. January 96 3.5
Professional
Visual dBase 5.5
Borland International 800-223-2444, 408-431-1000 $349.95 (street) Use point-and-click, or write code, to build a database. August 95 4.0

Report Writer
Crystal Reports PRofessional

Seagate Software
604-681-3435
$395 (street) Everything you could ask for ina report writer, especially incredible flexibility.. September 96 4.0
DEVELOPMENT
Client/Server
PowerBuilder 5.0
Powersoft
508-287-1500
From $295 Complete platform-independent environment with strong client/server multi-tiered application support. September 96 4.5
Language/Environment
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0
Microsoft Corp. 800-719-5577, 206-882-8080 $499 (subscription) Eveything you need for development, in one integrated package. April 96 4.5
RAD Environment
Delphi 2.0
Borland International 800-223-2444, 408-431-1000 $500 Power and ease of use, and support for Windows 95 and Windows NT. March 96 5.0

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