Darryl Collins
Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au
Wed Apr 23 23:27:58 CDT 2008
"I'm moving clients into browser based" this is exactly what I am thinking as well. SQL Express Server at the back and Visual studio Web at the front. Gotta learn that fast I think. I heard a good reason as to why microsoft changed to the ribbon etc - it is only a theory but hey... It was along the lines of there was very little to distinguish MS Office from all the other (often free) 'office' software out there, and they were starting to look and function fairly similar. By introducing the ribbon and new GU, Microsoft are going for a unique look and feel that will be hard for others to duplicate - that is the theory anyway.... -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William Hindman Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 2:20 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] FW: Access 2007 (and other rants) ...my thoughts are that MS has a schedule to roll out major upgrades based solely on their own need to maintain cashflow ...whether the upgrade has been fully tested or is really an upgrade at all, the roll out simply MUST go on ...and thus you have intermittent releases like Access 95, A2K7, Win ME, etc that fall flat on their faces despite the best efforts of MS marketing to hype their manifold wonders ...witness MS deliberately killing WinXP despite continuing high customer demand for it ...there's no money in upgrading XP so MS is going to shove Vista down our throats. ...my need is to keep my client's faith in what I recommend is best for their cash flow and not MS'. ...otoh, I can't say enough good things about Visual Studio 8 and .net ...MS hit a home run there imnsho ...I'm moving clients into browser based apps as fast as I can write the code. William -------------------------------------------------- From: "Darryl Collins" <Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:05 PM To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] FW: Access 2007 (and other rants) > > > Whilst i know there is always teething problems when releasing a new OS > and software, this time it seems like MSoft are struggling to keep it > altogether with Vista and 2007. These kind of foul ups seem to be a > regular thing these days (SP1 for Vista for example and the reboot issue). > These kind of issues are not going to encourage any business or individual > to move their tried and tested (and operational) business tools to Office > 2007 in a hurry. > > The other issue will be that doing a progressive rollout over time, whilst > possible, doesn't add any value to the business at all (if anything it > seems like a right PITA this time around). Where I work right now folks > are happily running a combination of 2000, XP and 2003 on Window 2000 Pro > and XP Pro on minimal specced PC's. > > If half your team and most of your clients are using Office 2003 or older, > you are going to have to leave office 2007 in compat. mode - which then > raises the question of "why bother?" if you cannot use all the new and > flashy features and much of it wont work as expected on the other PC's. > Not to mention it seems like your PC fleet needs to be upgraded or > replaced to cope with Vista's bloat. It just seems like a giant step > backwards, a lot of cost, not much gain. Plus there is the issue of > training your staff in the new GUI. bah humbug. > > Your thoughts? > > Darryl > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan > Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 11:54 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] FW: Access 2007 > > > Yet another reason to stay away from 2007 for as long as possible :-( > > > On 23 Apr 2008 at 18:31, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access wrote: > >> >From a client. >> >> Rocky >> >> >> >> http://www.fmsinc.com/MicrosoftAccess/Access2007%5FSP1/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential > information and are intended for the named addressee only. 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