[AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL

<<<
Same with the query grid
> which I think is one of the great MS inventions.
>>>
This is not MS invention - this is Query-By-Example (concept created by
Christopher J. Date(?) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_J._Date)
known since 80ies.

As one can see VB6/VBA - MS own idea ("every housewife can write
applications") are nearly to be dead...

C# invented by Anders Hejlberg - Delphi creator.
VB.NET is C#-ised VB6...

etc.

<<<
what will be the next step up  for power
users from wizards in the new paradigm?
>>>
MS are also advancing in horizontal market (Axapta/Navision, MS-CRM etc.) -
when they win in this area they will start "attacking" vertical markets -
the fate of powerusers and developers for horizontal and even vertical
markets isn't looking bright....

I can be wrong of course but MS getting into horizontal markets doesn't look
good for me....

We have here in Russia one main accounting application used by most of the
companies - this application's promotion in the middle of 90ies was based on
huge financial advantage this software owners had. Result: it's rather bad
software, there is no real competition in accounting applications' market
here...
...and now Axapta/Navision are getting power here - not because they are so
good but because big money are behind them and because their deployment is
very often accompanied by high "bribes"...

Sad story....

Shamil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hale, Jim" <Jim.Hale at FleetPride.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
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Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL


> Wizards are great. I've learned alot from them. Same with the query grid
> which I think is one of the great MS inventions.  Not everything can be
> anticipated in advance, however. For this reason I like VBA because it
gave
> a non IT person like me the ability to great some powerful stuff. I really
> liked the Excel macro recorder which gave me my first understanding of
> syntax. What I am worried about is what will be the next step up  for
power
> users from wizards in the new paradigm? If it is .Net there is truly a
> plexiglass ceiling that will be hard for users like me to break through.
> I've reached the point where I have created some classes in VBA but it is
> not second nature by any means. So .net sounds like more than I want to
> strap on. It appears my lucrative little niche of financial guy that can
> create apps is going away. Oh well. Time for me to retire to my hidie-hole
> in Costa Rica while the world goes to hell. As long as Tx holdem is still
> around I guess I'll be okay.
> Jim Hale
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:48 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL
>
>
> That's why MS is investing so heavily in wizards, Jim.  They're aimed at
> the power users.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
>
>
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