[AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac (Ken Ismert)

>if they drop VBA, Excel loses its edge.

Not if:

A) They include .net as an alternative
B) The current VBA programmers migrate.

VBA is a lot easier to use, especially since the editor is built right into
the environment (Access / Excel / Word).  I give MS credit for FINALLY
pushing out DOS/Old windows compatibility decades after they finally quit
producing those products.  I think it is fair to assume that they will
eventually do the same with VBA.  They have given us programmers a fair
amount of time to migrate.  Many of us (myself included) still have not.
Some people require a FIRM push to force us to change.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
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Re: VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac (Ken Ismert)

Of course, this is an Access list, but I develop in both Access and Excel,
as do many on this list, and I must say that OpenOffice's spreadsheet
program comes pretty close to Excel in capability, particularly since the
vast majority of users don't touch the parts that Excel is superior in. 
The main difference is in programming; Excel is vastly superior there. 
OTOH, if they drop VBA, Excel loses its edge. 

Isn't this just too special.

Thomas F. Ewald
Stryker Mass Properties
General Dynamics Land Systems