[AccessD] time to retire ?

Arthur,

Set up two small businesses on Office 365 and I can speak highly of it.

Allowing these small operations to have access to services such as an Exchange server for outlook and shared calendars, secure and version controlled documents, online databases plus communication tools like Lync 2010 has been a game changer for them.

Both businesses are really impressed and have gone from being 'not sure' to really starting to understand how this can save them buckets of time and money (less errors, less documents, easier comms - plus secure docs storage and back up).

They also love that their stuff can now be accessed via any web brower (IE does work better though).  And as you say, all for $7 dollars a person.  Best bit is if you suddenly add 3 new folks, all you do is add 3 more licences via the admin console and they bill you next month.   Personally I am sold on this.  The more I used it the more I like it.  There are limits on using sharepoint lists as a complex database ofcourse but for 90% of the stuff small businesses need it is just brilliant).

And it is dead easy to set up as well.  Great stuff!

Cheers
Darryl. 

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2011 3:18 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] time to retire ?

IMO, this piece is targeted at IT people, not developers or database people. Fundamentally different set of skills, and as writers like to say, orthogonal. I'm not saying that some knowledge of this stuff is superfluous, but the IT people have their job and developers have their job, and only in small business is it required to wear both hats. Even in SMBs (Small to Medium-Sized Businesses, defined as total revenue more than $50M and less than $250M per year), these are separate career paths. Mom 'n' Pop outfits are way beneath this radar, IMO. How many M-n-P ops need SharePoint even, much less the other stuff. IMO almost all can get by with SQL Express (free), and have no need to upgrade. Speaking of which, I've been looking at Office365 and at first blush, this looks like a pretty cool option for me, as well as M'n'P ops. At about $6 or $7 a seat/month, it sounds just right, and eliminates all the pricey license fees.

Just my IMHO,
A.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:14 AM, <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> Same here plus, even if I became proficient in one or more of those 
> areas, I'm 62.  I don't think there are a whole lot of positions out 
> there for us 'senior citizens'.  Especially ones who have been 'lone 
> ranger' developers for 30 years.
>
> Rocky
>
>
>
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