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

I would have to agree with you again. This attitude is one of the reasons
that hurt the big 3 automobile companies, but MS is able to get away with it
for the reasons that you mentioned.

David

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:57 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:

> 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.
> >
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