Jim Dettman
jimdettman at verizon.net
Fri Jan 8 08:14:53 CST 2010
Maybe you have a bunch of huge servers to run it all?<g> Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:37 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] !RE: Database vs Sharepoint I dont undersstand this "slow" stuff. We have a huge system and it isnt slow at all. Martin Martin WP Reid Information Services The Library at Queen's Tel : 02890976174 Email : mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk Sharepoint Training Portal ________________________________________ From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms [marksimms at verizon.net] Sent: 08 January 2010 02:09 To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] !RE: Database vs Sharepoint Re: "The reason why it's slow is the use of XML and XSL to display the data." One might ask: Why ? Why did Microsoft embrace these "heavyweight" technologies and not create their own "lightweight" counterparts ? When you discover that CAML is quite elegant, the answer is probably: "They FINALLY Got it !" I think Microsoft from 2004 -> 2008 was in quite a "funk". No question they are now moving out of that state with Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 and Web Expression 3. All great products. However, this may explain that period of malaise: http://blogs.computerworld.com/15288/is_it_finally_time_for_ballmer_to_go_at _microsoft -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com