[AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007

...you only need to review Allen Browne's list of long standing bugs in 
Access all the way back to A2 to understand what MS' priorities are with the 
product ...and while we developers initially cheered when MS moved Access 
out from under the control of the SQL Server development group, we now see 
the results of Access being put under the thumb of the Office development 
group where vba has always been a step-child at best.

...we're still at the bottom of the list ...only now we have to put up with 
"pretty" things like the ribbon ...no one who actually develops serious 
applications with Access would have ever come up with the ribbon ...you'll 
never see it in SQL Server or VS ...its an artifact forced upon Access to 
make it user friendly within the Office context ...and to hell with 
disgruntled developers.

William

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From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:57 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007

> Microsoft knows that companies change slowly.  However Microsoft holds the 
> reigns in that they can
> refuse to sell older versions, whether an OS or Office.  Thus they know 
> that eventually EVERYONE
> will end up on the new versions, if only because their computers die and 
> they get new ones with the
> new software installed.
>
> Not only that but the youngsters come in never having seen 2003 and think 
> 2007 is lovely, or at
> least they don't understand what they could be using.
>
> They do NOT need developers to recommend the latest and greatest, it is 
> eventually going to happen.
>
> I have said it before, Microsoft has their own priorities and they are not 
> our priorities.  If our
> priorities conflict with theirs, theirs will win.  This is a case where 
> apparently our priorities
> conflict with theirs.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Susan Harkins wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for that Charlotte.
>>> So bottomline, they are not listening.
>>> Wow.
>>> I wonder.... given the low sales, low adoption rate, and poor acceptance
>>> of
>>> Office 2007 whether or not that will change....hmmmmm.
>>> Food for thought.
>>
>>
>> ========07's been out for a long time and none of the publishers I write 
>> for
>> care whether I support it or not -- I am still writing for 03 and I try 
>> to
>> include 07 instructions were necessary, but I write from the 03 point of
>> view. I seldom get a "how do I do that in 07?" request if I forget to
>> include a parenthetical.
>>
>> A poll we took a while back showed that less than half of my Office 
>> audience
>> has upgraded to 07 -- 07 is a dismal failure if that's all you consider.
>> However, I know that "corporate" types have upgraded in large numbers. 
>> So,
>> if MS is looking at only the hefty licensing, then yeah, they think it's 
>> a
>> success.
>>
>> I could really use a new system, but I can't even face the Vista problem. 
>> I
>> hate Vista and I would be miserable working on it, and danged if I want 
>> to
>> pay extra for a downgrade to XP! What an obnoxious thing to do to your
>> customers!
>>
>> Susan H.
>>
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