Third-party Press Release

FileMaker Design Master Class in London 24-26 October

FileMaker International sponsors the class, featuring Albert Harum- Alvarez and guest instructor Chris Manton

Miami, FL — September 26, 2005 — Small Company and FileMaker  
International announced today that SmallCo's Design Master Class will  
be offered in London for the first time, on 24-26 October. SmallCo  
has offered the Master Class for six years at locations across North  
America.

At a music conservatory, the Master Class is for advanced students,  
whose own projects become the class curriculum. That's the way it  
works with the Design Master Class, taught by Albert Harum-Alvarez  
and special guest Christopher Manton. Admission is by interview only,  
and requires that each student bring a database — a 'master piece' —  
to the class. That database will evolve and advance over three days,  
based on the principles discussed in class.

Albert has been a featured speaker at six FileMaker Developer  
Conferences, and is principal of Small Company (http://SmallCo.net).  
Chris Manton, owner of Babelfix Limited (http://www.babelfix.com),  
has been a speaker as well at the FileMaker DevCon, has trained for  
FileMaker International, and has presented at MacWorld and FSA  
meetings in the UK.


Students Praise the Master Class
"Thoroughly enjoyed the three days! From the very start the light  
bulbs were popping on and I could see where improvements in our  
designs could be easily made." Doug Munich, FileMaker developer,  
Vancouver, Canada.
"Three very productive days! I arrived feeling very uncertain and was  
immediately make welcome and comfortable. We all learned from each  
other as well as from the instructor. I've moved to a whole new level  
of skill." Florence Ross, RN, in-house developer, Alberta, Canada.

"Unfortunately, for many developers the interface is the weakest part  
of their work and the most problematic to get right. Fortunately,  
Small Company lead the way in interface design and they are willing  
to share their secrets. But they don't just give hints and tips.  
Their philosophy and clean design are the standard to which all  
developers should aspire." Peter Makin, DataWaves International,  
London, England.


Pricing and Availability
The course prospectus, application and pricing may be found at:  
http://www.filemaker.co.uk/micro-training/designdays05.htm


About Small Company
Small Company is one of the eight original FileMaker Partners, and  
designed the starter databases that ship in the box with FileMaker  
Pro 8. SmallCo's clients
include FileMaker, Inc., Time, Inc., Harvard University, Fidelity  
Investments, The New York Public Library, San Francisco Museum of  
Modern Art, and other small and large companies across North America  
and Europe.

About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and workgroups  
around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business,  
education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage  
people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition  
to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the  
award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low-cost  
Applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use Starter  
Solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the desktop  
to the web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc.  
(NASDAQ: AAPL).
###

Customer contact:
Wendy Channing

wendy_channing@filemaker.com

Media contact:
Kevin Mallon
408-987-7227
kevin_mallon@filemaker.com



--
Albert Harum-Alvarez
Small Company
http://smallco.net

USA: 877 66-Small (877 667-6255)
International: +1 (305) 273-6096