Mwp.Reid at Queens-Belfast.AC.UK
Mwp.Reid at Queens-Belfast.AC.UK
Fri Mar 7 14:17:00 CST 2003
In all my recent dealings with MS they continually refer to Access as a tool for the tech savvy knowledge worker. I and a number of others are continually saying this is crap. I think they are deaf and stupid. Martin Quoting Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>: > Yeah, I filled it out. I put a resounding NO in that one. They're > looking at going back to the ODT like Access 2, and I've heard rumors > that was what was in store for either Office 11 or Office 12. I > suspect > some genius is again thinking that only amateur level development is > done in Access so they're trying to allow every off body with $300 to > spare to package their creations. :o{ > > Charlotte Foust > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Bartow [mailto:jbartow at earthlink.net] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:57 AM > To: AccessD > Subject: [AccessD] Access Solutions Drilldown > > > Have any of you filled out the Access Solutions Drilldown? > > I'm on the last page right now and this question seems to be loaded: > > "If the Access runtime and SQL Tools were offered for sale separately > from the Microsoft Office Developer Edition, would you be willing to > pay > $299 for the offering?" > > > > The last question concerns me. What would the point of the ODE be > then? > If you split Runtime and SQL tools from ODE it would cause nothing but > grief over increased cost for me. If you created an Access Developer > Edition which incorporates all of the applicable Access ODE > functionality into a seperate lower cost package I would consider that > as desirable. > > JB > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >