[AccessD] More hi-jinks

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Dec 11 05:48:42 CST 2015


Hi Jim

Yes, and if they might have or gain the skills, they probably have normal work to do and can't allocate the time for development and maintenance. 

/gustav

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Sendt: 11. december 2015 12:44
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Emne: Re: [AccessD] More hi-jinks

<<That said, time has learnt me (Susan, are you listening?) that there is no such thing as a simple database application. It may appear simple in its core, but all the bells and whistles that add up to an application are so much more.>>

  That is such an excellent point!

  How often I've heard "It just needs to do this".  But then it's "and oh this, and this, and that too".

  It's never simple, which is something Microsoft still doesn't get with
Access.   They keep trying to "dumb it down" for the end user, but even the
"simplest" of apps are far beyond what most end users are capable of doing well.

 Jim.

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From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 03:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] More hi-jinks

Hi Alan

Lovely story! Reminds me of happenings when I worked with four fellow students at the technical university with audio engineering trying to achieve what others meant wasn't possible within that short timeframe we often had.

That said, time has learnt me (Susan, are you listening?) that there is no such thing as a simple database application. It may appear simple in its core, but all the bells and whistles that add up to an application are so much more.

/gustav 



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