[AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007

Microsoft knows that companies change slowly.  However Microsoft holds the reigns in that they can 
refuse to sell older versions, whether an OS or Office.  Thus they know that eventually EVERYONE 
will end up on the new versions, if only because their computers die and they get new ones with the 
new software installed.

Not only that but the youngsters come in never having seen 2003 and think 2007 is lovely, or at 
least they don't understand what they could be using.

They do NOT need developers to recommend the latest and greatest, it is eventually going to happen.

I have said it before, Microsoft has their own priorities and they are not our priorities.  If our 
priorities conflict with theirs, theirs will win.  This is a case where apparently our priorities 
conflict with theirs.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Susan Harkins wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for that Charlotte.
>> So bottomline, they are not listening.
>> Wow.
>> I wonder.... given the low sales, low adoption rate, and poor acceptance 
>> of
>> Office 2007 whether or not that will change....hmmmmm.
>> Food for thought.
> 
> 
> ========07's been out for a long time and none of the publishers I write for 
> care whether I support it or not -- I am still writing for 03 and I try to 
> include 07 instructions were necessary, but I write from the 03 point of 
> view. I seldom get a "how do I do that in 07?" request if I forget to 
> include a parenthetical.
> 
> A poll we took a while back showed that less than half of my Office audience 
> has upgraded to 07 -- 07 is a dismal failure if that's all you consider. 
> However, I know that "corporate" types have upgraded in large numbers. So, 
> if MS is looking at only the hefty licensing, then yeah, they think it's a 
> success.
> 
> I could really use a new system, but I can't even face the Vista problem. I 
> hate Vista and I would be miserable working on it, and danged if I want to 
> pay extra for a downgrade to XP! What an obnoxious thing to do to your 
> customers!
> 
> Susan H. 
>