Darryl Collins
Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au
Thu Jul 31 18:36:01 CDT 2008
Charlotte, Totally agree with you with your Excel Comment. When I first used Office 2007 my first thought was "My God, they are trying make Excel a database and Access a Spreadsheet". I think both of them end up as lesser products because of it. regards Darryl. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 4:23 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [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----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [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. -- 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 -- 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. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is your responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any other defect or error. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. The sender's entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material.