Lack of focus killed FileMaker's Bento
Bento, FileMaker’s consumer-oriented database app, is soon to be no more, as its developer has decided to discontinue the software to focus on its flagship product.
It’s always sad when software goes the way of the dodo, particularly if customers are left scrambling for replacements, and if they’re forced to discard their investment in time and training when a new app enters the picture.
Bento itself was actually a pretty neat database app: Its simplicity and ease of use belied a significant cache of functionality and capabilities that could be put to good use under many different scenarios.
Despite all this, it’s obvious that Bento never took off the way FileMaker had hoped—and, in hindsight, it’s not hard to see why.
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