[AccessD] Stopping import of tables and queries from mde

But Lambert, they ARE abandoning it as a serious development platform.
In the immortal words of Microsoft, Access is being positioned as a
"landing pad for data", not as a database or datastore.

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Heenan, Lambert [mailto:Lambert.Heenan at aig.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:14 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Stopping import of tables and queries from mde


"One litmus test of whether Microsoft is really committed to Access
developers will be if they provide a reasonable (secure, easier to
install) distribution package with version 12. Of course, they've
already done all this work with .NET -- which leads me back to my line
of thinking that if the next Access isn't .NET based, they are
abandoning it as a serious development platform."

But AFIK .NET pCode is almost human readable, and certainly very easy to
reverse engineer.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ken Ismert
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:30 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Stopping import of tables and queries from mde


 
>>However with Access cracking tools in wide
>>spread use, I doubt it's worth the effort.

The mde format appears to be a very poor choice for distributing
applications. See Alex Dybenko:

More stuff to convert MDE to MDB
http://alexdyb.blogspot.com/2005/01/more-staff-to-convert-mde-to-mdb.htm
l

[Access] QBuilt reverse engineers MDE 
http://alexdyb.blogspot.com/2004/10/access-qbuilt-reverse-engineers-mde.
html

I've read they can even get your complete source code back. I hate to
see the talented developers and entrepreneurs on this list risking the
fruits of their labors with a format that Microsoft can't seem to make
work in any practical sense.

One litmus test of whether Microsoft is really committed to Access
developers will be if they provide a reasonable (secure, easier to
install) distribution package with version 12. Of course, they've
already done all this work with .NET -- which leads me back to my line
of thinking that if the next Access isn't .NET based, they are
abandoning it as a serious development platform.

I would strongly suggest that if you're seriously trying to make a
business of selling software, and your product is Access-based, you
should move your app to another, better suited, platform.

-Ken

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