[AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac (Ken Ismert)

Everything will come under the .NET umbrella. M$ isn't abandoning their
flagship programming language (VB) anytime soon. 

Since the .NET framework isn't supported on the Mac anyway it makes sense to
drop VBA so people can transition to VB.NET.

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Re: VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac (Ken Ismert)

Of course, this is an Access list, but I develop in both Access and Excel,
as do many on this list, and I must say that OpenOffice's spreadsheet
program comes pretty close to Excel in capability, particularly since the
vast majority of users don't touch the parts that Excel is superior in. 
The main difference is in programming; Excel is vastly superior there. 
OTOH, if they drop VBA, Excel loses its edge. 

Isn't this just too special.

Thomas F. Ewald
Stryker Mass Properties
General Dynamics Land Systems