[AccessD] Access poll

<rant>
IMO Access 2007 has been overly berated by developers. One has only to look
at the revised Northwind or Time and Billing apps to realize the new powers
available. The interfaces to both are gorgeous and very contemporary, and
make the previous versions look crusty and ancient. I now use the T&B app
for my invoicing exclusively. I did have to customize one of the reports to
include (and exclude) the details I was interested in, but the result is
simple to use and prints out the reports just as I want them, and the
customizations took about 10 minutes.
I would use Access 2007 exclusively were it not for the reluctance of
several clients to stick with what they already have. In one case, because I
detect a market beyond his immediate needs, I am proceeding with development
of a pretty complex app and doing the whole thing in Access 2007. I'm not
yet done because significant portions, forms and reports mostly, need to be
re-thought, and I am also a relative newbie to 2007, but I love what I've
got so far. It leaves the 2003 version of the app way in the cobwebs of
history. In fact, I'm thinking of redoing another client's app in a similar
fashion. The Access 2007 run-time works great, as evinced by the T&B app
that is freely downloadable and includes the run-time so you don't need
Access 2007 to run it.

Just my $0.02, but I'm totally in favour of the the migration. I just wish
that more of my clients were, too. But on the other hand, since by the
standards of Canadian law, in the absence of a specific clause that declares
code-ownership to the client, then code ownership falls to the developer, so
I am free to revise these apps and upgrade them and potentially even re-sell
them to new clients in the same or similar fields. This is not to say that I
would cut them out of the pie. I would far prefer to invite them into the
potential pie, and act as principal beta users and testimonials. All that
aside, IMO there is no comparison between the Access 2007 versions of
Northwind or T&B and their dinosaur equivalents in Access 2003.

And that's my point. All the bad-mouthing about Access 2007 is based on a
failure to investigate what profound improvements lurk therein. Yes, old
crusty developers might have to rethink things, but so they should.

</rant>

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/msoffice/?p=1746
>
> Here ya go -- poll on favorite version of Access is up. :) 2003 is winning
> with 56%. Surprisingly, 2007 is second with 17% -- I expected 97 to come in
> second.
>
> Susan H.
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