[AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL

Gustav, I think you might be surprised at the number of folks still running
2.0 or even 95. Did 95 run on 3.x? I'm too old to clutter up my head with
details, but we tend to think of Access as a development tool and that
leaves out a huge group -- tons and tons of single owner users that aren't
all that concerned with upgrading and keeping current.

We use to survey readers each time MS released and upgrade, and I'd say that
about 25% of the group wouldn't upgrade -- and had no intentions of ever
upgrading. I really can't say how well subscribers represented the Access
owners at large though. It often took people a couple of years to upgrad and
by then they were facing an even newer release. I think there are more 2.0
users out there than we might realize.

Susan H.


> I think Access 11 is not going to run on anything older then 98...not 3.1.
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:21 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL
>
>
> Hi Susan
>
> As far as I know, Access 1.x and 2.0 are the only versions that run on
> Windows 3.1x. So that shock - moving from Win 3.1x to a Win32 platform
> - will only happen for those moving now from Access 2.0 and lower
> (running on Win 3.1x!) to Access 95 or higher.
>
> How many could that be??
> Is any member of this list running Access 2.0/Win 3.1x exclusively?
> Please step forward.
>
> /gustav
>
>
> > Well, a shock for anyone still using Win 3.1 -- can't. You have to
upgrade
> > Windows to use Access 11.
>
> > Susan H.
>
>
> >> Are you sure about Access 11?
> >>
> >> Quoting Mike Gunderloy,
> >> Developer Central #24: Office 2003 First Impressions and more!
> >>
> >> "Access has no significant changes from Access 2002. It's not an
exciting
> >> time to be an Access developer. I'm revising one Access book for the
new
> >> version, but don't expect to do much other work with it."
> >>
> >> /gustav
> >>
> >>
> >> > And what  if it is? Think about it guys -- although some conversions
> are
> >> > more work than others, and certainly Access 11 is going to be a shock
> >> > (and Access 12 even more so) for a few still running older
> >> > versions on W 3.1, has
> >> > MS ever really just left you hanging? Well, maybe it has <g>, I
> probably
> >> > shouldn't ask when I don't really know the answer.
>
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