Gear Diary Buy One FileMaker, Give One Free Offer Arrives for Holidays photo

If you’ve been thinking of getting yourself a FileMaker-type software package for your business (or even yourself), well, you should consider:  the actual FileMaker itself is now having a two-for-one sale for the holiday season.  And you know your pals here at Gear Diary love to put you up on a sale!

FileMaker today announced a Buy One FileMaker, Give One Free (http://www.filemaker.com/r/bogo-pr) limited-time holiday offer that allows those who purchase FileMaker Pro 12  (valued at $299) or FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced (valued at $499) to receive a second downloadable copy for free. Participants can use the free copy within their organizations or give it to a friend, colleague, client or charity.

FileMaker Pro is powerful, easy-to-use software that helps people and teams get tasks done faster on iPads, iPhones, Windows, Macs and the web. FileMaker Pro 12 comes with user-friendly themes, Starter Solutions and easy design tools to quickly build solutions that make everyone more productive.  FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced includes all the features of FileMaker Pro 12 plus a suite of advanced development and customization tools.

The offer applies only to FileMaker Pro 12 or FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced and is limited to one gift request per person, per household and per company between now and Dec. 20. The promotion is valid for the downloadable version of FileMaker Pro 12 or FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced purchased from the FileMaker Store and applies only to new versions of FileMaker Pro 12 or FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced – not for software upgrades, updates, volume licenses and/or site licenses. People who purchased a box version of FileMaker Pro 12 or FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced from a FileMaker reseller such as the Apple Store between now and December 20, 2012, may also be eligible for the offer.  The free version is a fully working, not-for-resale version of FileMaker Pro 12 or FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced for Windows or Mac. The offer is not valid in connection with any other rebates, discounts or promotions.

This what you’ve been waiting for before you pick up a copy of FileMaker?  Well, surf on over and check it out, then!  And if you get it, be sure to tell us what you think below!

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Doug is a nerd from way back, falling for a Commodore PET at the age of 15, and never looking back. Riding the nerd wave, he got a Computer Science degree and entered the tech industry at a young age, deciding after a year and a half of front-line phone technical support that he should try something, *anything* else. He settled on technical writing, and has been cranking out documentation for companies like Unisys, SGI, Cisco, Juniper, and many others ever since. He is nothing short of ecstatic to be working for H-P from his home base in Austin.


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