Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed May 28 13:26:06 CDT 2014
Hi Jim: Most of all new development and business today, is done on the web. (about seventy percent?). New software is either inexpensive or OSS. Microsoft and many of the other major software designers (Oracle...) are just trying to figure out how to sustain their cash flow in this environment. It can be done by selling products at high volumes with low margins and then charging a host of support and service fees. This financial model only works on the web and not so much on the desktop. When talking to the young developers, in their twenties and maybe a little older, this is the new paradigm. There will always be a place for desktop and server developers but most of the new opportunities with the latest and greatest software will be reside in the Cloud or be able to be off-loaded from some website...and the demand and expectation for ever cheaper and quicker solutions will only continue to grow. Google and Amazon have already have proof of concept and Microsoft is just playing catch-up. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:06:55 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Recently posted on the Professional Microsoft Access Developers' Network (PMADN) which may be of interest Yes. For Microsoft, it's all about the web, the web, and nothing but the web, which is the way the world seems to be going. I just think Microsoft is a little too far ahead of the curve at this point, especially in regards to Access. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 09:02 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Recently posted on the Professional Microsoft Access Developers' Network (PMADN) which may be of interest What we heard at the PAUG conference this year was that the future of Access was as Access services. In other words, a tool to build front ends for SQL Server and Azure and to throw together cloud web apps backed by Azure. In any case, not life as we knew it. Charlotte On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote: > For those of you looking for the next best thing, a recent posting on the > Professional Microsoft Access Developers' Network (PMADN): > > " > No I do not know C++. One the one app I have redeveloped using Instant > Developer I only needed to use c++ sparingly and was able to muddle through > it. Almost all id done by drag and drop. As one developer has said, if you > have to work very hard at something you are trying to do you are likley > trying to do it wrong. > > I am part of a small group who has switched over to Instant Developer at > the > same time, over the past year or so and continue to be impressed with it. > Almost all are people switching from Alpha Five. > > " > I haven't checked it out yet. A few in the thread seem to be upset with > the current subscription model that Alpha 5 has switched to, mainly > centering around the server licensing. Apparently though, a IIS setup is > in > beta. Not sure if that would change the required licensing $ or not. > > But instant developer seems to be the up and coming new thing...however > looking it over briefly, their not cheap either. Most of the apps I might > write would fall under the $199 or $299 MONTHLY subscription price. > > Anyway, thought it was worth mentioning...Access certainly doesn't seem > to > be going anywhere at the moment. Maybe that's a thought for Microsoft; > change the licensing model for Access, get more of a revenue stream from > it, > then do what developers want rather then end users. Of course then it would > fall out of the Office camp. > > Jim. > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com