[AccessD] Access development on the wane?

 >>This isn't what MS wants. 

Well, at least it isn't what they SAY they want.  From a developer's
perspective, I'd say the handwriting has been on the wall in very large
letters for years.  MS has never given Access any respect as a
development tool themselves, just patted the developers on the head with
a "bless your hearts" attitude and kept pitching the product to end
users and trying to steer developers to sexier development products with
a higher MS profit margin and to SQL Server for everything.  

IMO they've been in total denial about the need for basic relational
understanding because they've been competing with products that appealed
to the DYI end user who wouldn't know relational if it bit him,
basically the same market as for Excel but with a prettier interface.
They've shot themselves in the foot and Access, much as we might love
it, is going to continue to compete with FileMaker, et al for the
foreseeable future.  I think it will continue to be diminished in
importance and real meat, regardless of what MS may promise.

Charlotte Foust



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:50 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access development on the wane?

This isn't what MS wants.  VBA will be used in Access 14.  And they seem
to be trying hard to make significant improvements from a typical user
perspective.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:23 AM
To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Access development on the wane?

Although I think Access is still healthy and will be around for a long
time,

readers are contacting me privately with concerns. Some of them aren't
getting as much Access work as they use to.

I'm just curious -- what are the contractors on this list experiencing
-- have you noticed a slow down in Access development?

Susan H. 

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