[AccessD] Access 2007 ULS (was: Access 2007- Microsoftis justplain stupid.)

I think IT folks dislike Access for a slightly different reason.  

Part of my spiel at the beginning of this thread is that security is an
illusion.  Nothing is truly secure.  Real security is a happy medium
between keeping honest people honest, making it more difficult for
malicious hackers, and keeping things relatively easy for the users.  

I've dealt with several IT departments (heck, I work in one....) that
have had this 'dislike Access' attitude (ours doesn't, obviously, I'd
throttle anyone here that did...).  And in the instances that I've seen
this attitude, 99% of the issues are based on false premises or
misinformation.

But saying that Microsoft 'recognizes' the problem is like having them
removing Fonts from Word, because too many people received poorly fonted
word documents!  ULS should have been beefed up, not removed.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:15 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 ULS (was: Access 2007- Microsoftis
justplain stupid.)

You're right about password protecting the database of course.  I was
thinking of each person's individual password.

Yes - I use API's too.  Very Helpful!  But for the purpose of this
particular chart and its message, adding API's might have blurred the
focus
a bit.

I strongly believe that so many IT folks have had to do 'Access
Rescues',
that by now my ability to find new potential customers has decreased
substantially.  So, I was glad to see that Access 2007 came out the way
it
has, so I can point out to IT folks at a potential customer that MS has
recognized the problem and has taken steps to solve it.

Thanks!
Dan