[AccessD] Tony's comments

But Access was too good of a tool. MS has been wanting to kill it for years.
Actually more like dumb it down, make it a power user tool rather than a
developer tool.

MS would rather have developers using Visual Studio.

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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, James Button
<jamesbutton at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> Don't just save the links - join in the fun!
> At least at the Access-L list
>
> I don't think it was that Access needed morphing so much as it needed to
> be expanded to include facilities for easy acces to things like web pages,
> and maybe become the major forms development facility for Windows (or at
> least the Office Applications)
>
> I also consider the lack of proper consideration of users views to be a
> major problem, especially when combined with what appears to me to be a
> major problem with some 'management' within MS considering that innovation
> means losing compatability with prior versions, or making those who are
> forced to buy new 'stuff' also buy 'extra stuff' that came with earlier
> versions, or is needed to support versions.
>
> As in get the 'Pro' 7 to have XP stuff run
>
> But - back to the forum:
> What, with my short membership, I get from the current discussion, is that
> the forum is a bit too self-centred, and acronym using for newcomers to
> Access.
>
> But that isn't going to stop me lurking - well I hope not.
> I'm certainly interested in the solution to the thread
> OPen Excel worksheet from Access
>
> JimB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Tony's comments
>
>
>  Hi JB:
>>
>> Good one Jim and I will save the links. (Even setup a Peach Accounting
>> system once.)
>>
>> Aside: Microsoft fumbled, big time, lost track of its users requirements
>> and
>> instead of morphing the Access product to the users needs, like products
>> like Oracle, Adobe did...it is either evolve or expire. Maybe when
>> companies
>> become too rich, dominant and successful they become conservative and
>> lazy...case in point.
>>
>> After IBMs thrashing in the 1980s, they turned things around and Microsoft
>> is trying to do the same but it will probably take ten years in the
>> wilderness (and the retirement of Steve Ballmer) for a hungry and leaner
>> MS
>> to emerge with the ability to listen instead of dictating...and a real new
>> universe database interface will appear where Access used to be.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
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