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Panorama (database engine)
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Panorama is database software for the <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Inc.</a> <a href="/facts/Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Macintosh</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> <a href="/facts/Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>. It is a product of ProVUE Development. According to its owner Jim Rea, ProVUE is the oldest third-party software company (apart from <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>) developing software for the <a href="/facts/Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Macintosh</a> personal computer. </p><p>Panorama is notable for the fact that the databases it creates are <a href="/facts/RAM/DuD4bxh6">RAM</a>-based, making them extremely fast. That said, as disk speeds and OS and application memory caching have improved, this speed benefit becomes less and less evident as years go by. Panorama is not as popular as <a href="/facts/FileMaker/AckzyhXv">FileMaker</a>, its main competitor, though it has outlasted many similar products. What it lacks in conforming to standard application conventions it makes up for in its potential for customisation, incorporating a powerful scripting language. </p><p>The current version of Panorama, now called PanoramaX, is 10.2. </p><p>PanoramaX was released in November 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.provue.com">ProVUE Development homepage</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.provue.com/Panorama/index.html">Panorama information</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"ProVUE's Panorama Gets a Baby Brother: Panorama Sheets". TidBITS. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-30. <a href="https://tidbits.com/2011/01/07/provues-panorama-gets-a-baby-brother-panorama-sheets/" target="_blank">https://tidbits.com/2011/01/07/provues-panorama-gets-a-baby-brother-panorama-sheets/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Panorama X Brings the Legendary Mac Database Back to the Future - TidBITS". TidBITS. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018. <a href="https://tidbits.com/2017/11/03/panorama-x-brings-the-legendary-mac-database-back-to-the-future/" target="_blank">https://tidbits.com/2017/11/03/panorama-x-brings-the-legendary-mac-database-back-to-the-future/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>