jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Jan 12 12:20:06 CST 2011
Mark, > Dot-net is a Ferrari-building tool. I don't believe that. > I think Access builds Chevy's very fine and very quickly. I do believe that. Access remains, hands down, the fastest database application builder in existence. For what it does. When you hit the wall it is tough to get around the wall. .Net is not a database application builder. You are comparing apples to an exotic tropical fruit. .Net is an application builder which can by the way do databases. It cannot be directly compared with Access since they are completely different tools for completely different purposes. (Virtually) Anything that Access can do (big picture), .Net can do, though it may take a little longer. The reverse cannot be said. When you move to .Net you do so because you want a development environment that does not have the walls that Access has. I am not saying that Access is bad, I have used it for many years, earned my living in it for the last 12 years. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com On 1/12/2011 12:10 PM, Mark Simms wrote: > While there is no question that John needed dot-net due to a multi-threading > requirement, before making the commitment, you've got to ask yourself: > How many Ferrari's are you asked to build ? > > Dot-net is a Ferrari-building tool. It takes a lot longer to build anything > with a complex toolset. > I think Access builds Chevy's very fine and very quickly. > > But if you need to build a Ferrari, by all means move up to dot-net. > Super-fancy GUI ? Access can't do it. Multi-threading ? Access can't do it. > > Note: since no one understands the software business, so I'm stuck on using > these analogies to explain things to end-users. Sorry, didn't mean to offend > anyone. > > > >