[AccessD] VM for different versions of Access

John,

What a great friend you are!  I was raised in a family where perfection 
was touted as the standard.  As an adult I've learned to recognize the 
absurdity of that, but some of the emotional garbage lingers, lurking in 
the back alleys and shadows, waiting to jump out at me when I run into 
something I don't know.

Around here, I'm expected to be the expert - the "alpha geek" of all 
things computer.  Well, you and I both know no one can know everything 
about computer "stuff."  For a few years I kept current on the office 
productivity suites of Microsoft, WordPerfect-Novel-Corel, and Lotus - 
sheeeeeeesh!!!!  I was always chasing my tail during that era!

Now, I realize I will know some things and not some others - so I turn 
to this group.  Someone in this group always knows what I need to 
learn.  Others have said it well, but I add my statement of profound 
gratitude to the members of this list, people from everywhere at every 
level of technical expertise, and in just about everything.  What a 
blessing this team has been to me - and continues to be!

I read the same information you did, back in the 70s.  It's just amazing!

You definitely made my day,
Tina

jwcolby wrote:
>> My past week's experience starting to learn about Linux has me very
>>     
> sensitive to the several "Swiss Cheese holes" in my knowledge.  
>
> Get over it. ;-)  NOBODY know everything and most of us know very little.  
>
> Back in the 70s I read that at in the 1500s a "genius" could know everything
> understood about the world, all science, math, medicine etc.  By 1970 a
> Genius could not even know everything known about a single branch of science
> - math, physics, chemistry etc.  Man's knowledge of the world was (at that
> time) roughly doubling every 4 years.
>
> Today it would be impossible to know everything there is to know about
> programming languages or databases.  That is why I laugh so hard when I see
> want adds with "must be experienced in Windows, Office, SQL Server, C#,
> Java, HTML, etc etc let's throw in every technical term we know..."
>
> "Experienced in" and "useful" are two entirely different things.
>
> I strive to know one or two things very well and I can then look like an
> expert somewhere in the world.  I haven't gotten there yet but I still
> strive.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> Fields
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:36 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access
>
> Doug, William, et al,
>
> How does one decide which of the files to download?  I'm using IE7, so that
> eliminates two of the files, but what would determine my choice among
> IE7_VPC.EXE, IE7_VIS1.exe, IE7_VIS2.rar, and IE7_VIS3.rar?
>
> My guess is IE7_VPC.EXE, simply because I see "vpc" in this name, and I have
> no idea what "vis1," "vis2," and "vis3" are.  Have I guessed correctly?
>
> Okay, if I'm just dumb, I'm just dumb - but it would be nice to really know
> what I'm looking at and what I'm choosing when I download something.  My
> past week's experience starting to learn about Linux has me very sensitive
> to the several "Swiss Cheese holes" in my knowledge.  
> I am going to gamble on my guess and go download IE7_VPC.EXE.
>
> Thanks,
> Tina
>
>