[AccessD] Access 2007 Question

Ken,

 > Nah ... I checked, and we can start you out at Cardinal ;)

I got news for you, no Amateur coming from VBA is going to start out in .Net as much more than alter 
boy.  There is just too much there to learn.

You are absolutely correct about "starting out on .Net", virtually no amateur would do that, or at 
least not quickly enough to maintain a head of steam.  I certainly don't denigrate .Net because of 
that, its target audience is very different.  But of course I get your point.

I have to say though that I don't see the changes they have made to Access as threatening that 
market.  The "amateur" will be just fine picking up 2007 and with the changes to the macros it might 
be even better for that niche.  Assuming of course that VBA is available, lurking in the background 
for when the amateur runs out of steam and the professional has to step in.

I think that Access has always been ignored in general, and that it is finally getting some 
attention, and hopefully some marketing attention as well.  I have long maintained that MS is my own 
private marketing firm.  They spend millions convincing Joe & Linda Store Owner that (s)he can build 
a database, and then I step in when (s)he realizes it isn't as simple as it first appears.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Kenneth Ismert wrote:
> Ken:
>>> But the 'programming priesthood' of .NET excludes the talented amateurs
> 
> John W. Colby:
>> Ooooohhh so I would be a priest?  ;)
> 
> Nah ... I checked, and we can start you out at Cardinal ;)
> 
> But seriously, the guy I work for now built his app in Access, and then
> built his company on that app -- if all that was available was Visual
> Studio, he never would have done it. There are plenty of people with enough
> specialized knowledge to make a data-driven application to suit some
> profitable niche. But, the number of people in that group who can, with no
> prior DB or programming knowledge, crack a book and build a C#/WinForms/
> ADO.NET/SQL Server application is almost zero.
> 
> The number of them who can get an open source CMS running on a LAMP stack is
> almost 100%.
> 
> Microsoft has always ignored Access' suitability as a business-building tool
> for small entrepreneurs. It is positioning Access as Excel+ for large
> corporations. Downgrading VBA's role in Access threatens it's unique role in
> this respect.
> 
> -Ken