[AccessD] 10 things I don't miss about Access

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Oct 10 23:55:31 CDT 2011


I do realize MS Access is now really a limited product and the truth is I
have moved on but maybe I am just a little sentimental. ;-)

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 2:17 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] 10 things I don't miss about Access

Jim,

I've worked with Access since version 1 in 1992.  It was a great app, with
the emphasis on *was*.  I agree, it would have been great to move into .Net,
but they already had VS, and frankly once you work with that, it's really
hard to tolerate the limitations of Access.

Charlotte Foust

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I think Microsoft should have moved MS Access into .Net and extended web
> capabilities. A transitional period would have been nice as well.
>
> Then MS could have had an excellent platform, that would run under any OS
> and browser, a huge set of trained developers ready to defend and build
> their products. Just cutting off a whole product line is not likely to
> garner much product and company loyalty.
>
> That is just my opinion but I have been working with Access since
> 2002...nearly 20 years.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 7:38 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 10 things I don't miss about Access
>
> Wow... I'm always surprised when someone takes such a 180% turn of what
> I've
>
> written. It's like they don't really read what I've written at all. They
> don't agree with a specific point or they read the headings. Thanks to you
> and Gustav for championing my true intent. I appreciate that.
>
> FWIW, the people that fuss the loudest about my opinions, seem to have
much
> stronger ones than mine. I always find that... interesting. And of course,
> after they trash you, sometimes personally, they get even madder because
> you
>
> don't say, "Oh my, you're so right, thank you for saving me from my
folly!"
> <groan>
>
> I love Access, always have. I'm sorry to see MS taking it in the direction
> they have, but even so, I can still admit Access' short-comings. I think
> that's just being realistic and frankly, you need to do that in order to
> give your clients/users the best of what they really need. I love Access,
> but I'm not a junkie. :)
>
> Susan H.
>
> >
> > OK, for those interested, here's the link that will give you a logged in
> > view of the EE thread that gustav mentioned:
> >
> > http://rdsrc.us/lIghoA
>
>
> >
> >  Comments on Susan's article are the last fifteen or so comments at the
> > bottom of the thread (about 2/3'rds of the way down - first comment was
> > posted 10/7 at 4:29 pm).
> >
> >  This is a continually running thread we have in the Access Zone, so
> there
> > is a lot of stuff in the beginning that doesn't apply.
>
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