[AccessD] Access 2007 Question

 > But seriously, the guy I work for now built his app in Access

One of my clients is the same situation.  He knew a lot about overpayment recovery and managed to 
build a perfectly functional database to allow him to do that.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Kenneth Ismert wrote:
> Ken:
>>> But the 'programming priesthood' of .NET excludes the talented amateurs
> 
> John W. Colby:
>> Ooooohhh so I would be a priest?  ;)
> 
> Nah ... I checked, and we can start you out at Cardinal ;)
> 
> But seriously, the guy I work for now built his app in Access, and then
> built his company on that app -- if all that was available was Visual
> Studio, he never would have done it. There are plenty of people with enough
> specialized knowledge to make a data-driven application to suit some
> profitable niche. But, the number of people in that group who can, with no
> prior DB or programming knowledge, crack a book and build a C#/WinForms/
> ADO.NET/SQL Server application is almost zero.
> 
> The number of them who can get an open source CMS running on a LAMP stack is
> almost 100%.
> 
> Microsoft has always ignored Access' suitability as a business-building tool
> for small entrepreneurs. It is positioning Access as Excel+ for large
> corporations. Downgrading VBA's role in Access threatens it's unique role in
> this respect.
> 
> -Ken