Arthur Fuller
artful at rogers.com
Wed Sep 28 22:20:32 CDT 2005
I have no complaint with that route. As you may know, my treasured partner Peter Brawley and I have described such a path (c.f. www.artfulsoftware.com). But that is neither here nor there. The big problem with that path is that there is nothing even close to Access that delivers Linux apps (except as described in said e-book, using Access and the links to MySQL -- what I want is something like an ADP that hooks directly to MySQL. It isn't there. We tried in the aforementioned book to illustrate a way to get there, but it doesn't offer the same intimacy. We tried and delivered as best we could. But it isn't the same as ADP and there isn't a lot that we can do about it). -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: September 28, 2005 7:50 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL That is a rub; through the years I have become a master at Dbase and its various iterations, Clipper, SuperBase, SmartWare, Advanced Revelation, Pascal, Fortran, FoxBase/Pro, Angoss, Access, Clarion, C and a few other miscellaneous environments. ...and another 3000 foot climb with dual pack-sacks and I keep thinking that maybe I should have gone the open-source routine; Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP :-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ken Ismert Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:45 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL >>This translates into constantly changing software >>(and "new" technologies with STEEP learning curves) >>that never end - just so Mr. Gates can sell more >>software and generate more revenue and profits ... That touches a nerve for me too, Alan. The Art of Programming, the gist of it, has changed very little in decades. That alone takes years to learn. We all must adapt to the normal pace of technological change -- a given in this industry -- which means a constant burden of new things to learn. But what I have trouble accepting is the planned obsolescence of perfectly good languages and platforms. The idea of spending the time to master the intricacies of a particular language, which could take the better part of a decade, only to be told it is not viable by its maker, really rubs me the wrong way. One thing is certain, though: in 30 years, Microsoft will have us working in languages that will be completely unrecognizable to us today. But there will still be Perl programmers. One shining advantage of Open-Source, publicly-spec'd languages is that once they achieve critical mass, you can be assured that your investment in learning will not become obsolete. One small hope: Microsoft has made the C# spec a public standard, which could give it the longevity required to attract a long-term following. It remains to be seen whether Microsoft will stick to the standard, or try to subvert it, in the coming years. -Ken PS -- Have a look at Nemerle, a new .NET language that has a C#-like syntax, but offers the convenience of type-inference, along with ML-like functional constructs, and Lisp-like meta-programming. Still early in development, but very intriguing... http://nemerle.org/Main_Page -- 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