[AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL

>1. MS has always promoted Access as a super user tool.

You know, that's true except - they have spent a TON of money making the
whole VBA thing talk to the object model.  They actually write their own
wizards in VBA.  So they have also treated it as a true development system,
including a very nice IDE for doing breakpoints, watches, debug window etc.
That is NOT a "Power user's tool" by any stretch of the imagination.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:33 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL


Hi Arthur

Many thanks for that briefing, Arthur.

Just two comments:

1. MS has always promoted Access as a super user tool. Its
capabilities as a developer tool has been a (nice) side effect. That's
why it is offered as a part of the Office suite and not as a developer
tool. 

2. Never trust Microsoft.

/gustav


> F**K the NDA. You listers want an ostensible insider's take? Not that I'm
> close to the bone, just that I have a beta and few high friends in low
> places.

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