[AccessD] Interesting Access article

[Stuart McLachlan]

DOS was not an "app" :--)


On 7 Nov 2019 at 1:01, Bill Benson wrote:

> Really...? DOS was pretty good.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 1:09 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I object. SQL Server as the best app ever built by MS. Word a close
> > second.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 11:31 PM Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Stuart:
> > >
> > > Right on. Just one part of Access is a database and only one
> > > database though the application can connect dozens of different
> > > sources, a number
> > of
> > > sources simultaneously. Check ADO connection that is built into
> > > ever Microsoft version of Windows since Win95(?).
> > >
> > > I think the Access MDB application was the best application that
> > > MS ever built and then didn't support.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "stuart" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> > > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <
> > > accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 6:27:18 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Interesting Access article
> > >
> > > He has missed the point entirely.
> > >
> > > Access is not a database!
> > >
> > > Access is a very powerful Rapid Application Development
> > > environment which can use its own native database format
> > > (Microsoft Jet) or any number of  robust  RDBMSs.
> > >
> > > The statement "These statistics almost certainly overstate the
> > > popularity of Access" is 100% wrong.   A number of those Oracle,
> > > SQL Server and MySQL segments of the pie chart will be using
> > > Access as an application FE.
> > >
> > > I've been building complex Access applications using SQL Server
> > > and MySQL as the database for years.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 31 Oct 2019 at 8:45, jack drawbridge wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just saw this discussed on a few forums.
> > > > Interesting article on Access's continued survival.
> > > > <https://medium.com/young-coder/microsoft-access-the-zombie-data
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