[AccessD] Old Dog - New Tricks

No, definitely not alone. I think a number of folks here are now working 
with .NET. Our old buddy Mike Gunderloy has totally abandoned MS 
technology -- http://afreshcup.com/

I think I'm going to become a travel agent. :)

Susan H.



>
> Rocky,
>
> I wish I had advice for you.  This response is more in the form of a 
> support group.
>
> Hi, my name is Mark...MS Access saved my life...I love it...and now I 
> don't know if I can still make money with it. (sob,sniff)
>
> My point is I feel I'm in the same boat...I might not be as 'seasoned' as 
> some of the others...but I think I see the writing on the wall as 
> well...and its well past time for the next step.
>
> You are not alone my friend.
>
> Mark A. Matte
>
>
>> From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com
>> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:45:39 -0800
>> Subject: [AccessD] Old Dog - New Tricks
>>
>> Dear List:
>>
>> I am trying to decide what to do when I grow up. Access is great but I
>> think the market for indies like myself is declining and I'm thinking 
>> that I
>> need to learn some new tricks. The question is just what to learn.
>>
>> I like developing small business applications - that's my strength. So 
>> that
>> would be my target market. But what platform?
>>
>> I suppose whatever it is had better be web friendly. Everyone seems to 
>> want
>> their databases and applications to reside on the web. Or, if local, run
>> them in a browser.
>>
>> So what should I learn? VB.Net? ASP?
>> I already have Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition which I got at a
>> Microsoft Launch and includes SQL Server 2005.
>> I also have VB 2008 Express Edition and Visual Web Developer.
>> I also have Front Page but that's been obsolete by Expressions which I 
>> can
>> get from the Web.
>>
>> But I don't know how these different components relate. Is ASP part of
>> Visual Studio? Is ASP to .NET as DAO is to Access? Can you deploy a .Net
>> app to the web or do you use something like Expressions to do it? What
>> should I learn?
>>
>> Maybe I can combine what I need to learn with a Microsoft tutorial that 
>> will
>> get me back into the Partner Program.
>>
>> I'm a bit at sea here as you can tell. But assuming that I don't lay down
>> and let the feeling pass, I think it's time to start taking a serious 
>> look
>> at what I'm going to do for the next ten years. Probably a couple years 
>> past
>> due, actually.
>>
>> Any advice/experience is of course, welcome.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>>
>>
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