[comp.sys.mac.system] A.M.E. vs. Empower II?

morris@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Ted Morris) (04/26/91)

We are currently using A.M.E. (Access Managed Environment) from Casady
and Greene.  Its running on the several networked Macs we have out in
public access areas.  While it's every bit as powerful and dangerous as
you've probably heard (see also the recent MacUser review), we're on the
whole pretty happy with it (although waiting for a few features we hope
are in the works for the next version).

I recently got a flyer in the mail for Empower from Magna.  Empower II
seems to do a lot of the same things we're using A.M.E. for.  I don't
know that Empower II would be cheaper (we're already getting a site
license rate from Casady & Greene), but I'm curious if anyone has done a
comparison of the two (especially recently, since it looks like Empower
has recently upgraded to v4.0).

Info/comments?  I'll answer A.M.E. questions to the best of my limited
ability, but I'm not the one who set up our A.M.E. installations
(although he's leaving, and I have to soak up what he knows before he
gets out the door(-: ).

Ted

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