FileMaker is custom app software. It is what you make it. If it’s “bad”, that’s the fault if the developer that built it, or you have a vertical market product that just isn’t built for you.

Gotcha. I think that’s what I love about it. I know many companies using a custom app they start with FileMaker 3 or 4. Still mostly the same and still works. The simplicity is still there.

One tip I ran into recently with the migration log: If you use a migration-only account with the migration, this log is forced to not allow the verbose logging. Obviously a privacy impact. Feature request is in for a new extended privilege set to allow verbose logging with a migration-only account.

Why is FileMaker mourned? It's very alive, and better than ever.