Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Jan 8 18:25:35 CST 2010
Microsoft definitely needs a new innovative person at its helm... Accountants and salespeople are not good leaders in any business. In a tech business the very least they should have is a techy but another great visionary would be ultimate choice. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:10 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] !RE: Database vs Sharepoint Re: "The reason why it's slow is the use of XML and XSL to display the data." One might ask: Why ? Why did Microsoft embrace these "heavyweight" technologies and not create their own "lightweight" counterparts ? When you discover that CAML is quite elegant, the answer is probably: "They FINALLY Got it !" I think Microsoft from 2004 -> 2008 was in quite a "funk". No question they are now moving out of that state with Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 and Web Expression 3. All great products. However, this may explain that period of malaise: http://blogs.computerworld.com/15288/is_it_finally_time_for_ballmer_to_go_at _microsoft -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com