Steve Schapel
miscellany at mvps.org
Sun Jun 28 20:28:00 CDT 2009
Darryl, -------------------------------------------------- From: "Darryl Collins" <Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:31 PM > ... I hope you are backing the right horse here Steve. Thanks very much for your comments. As you know, we are rapidly approaching the release of the next version. Access 2007 was always going to be an interim measure, as a step moving towards new paradigms. I will have a better idea whether I'm backing the right horse after we have built some Access 2010 apps. > MS Access has been on the edge before and I think it is now again. Ever since I first started using Access in 1994, there have been vehement claims in one quarter or another that Access is dead, Microsoft is dropping Access, X and Y are better than Access, etc. I don't know about "on the edge", but really a turning point. What I think will happen is that those who abandon Access because of the new directions, will be replaced by others who embrace it and move forward with it. If you're one of those who moves to other technologies, I understand the reasons, and have no criticism, and I hope there is nothing I have said to imply otherwise. I wish you well with that. But for me, at this stage it looks like I will be sticking with Access for the long haul. -- Regards Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4194 (20090628) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com