[AccessD] Access and source control

[Salakhetdinov Shamil]

 Thank you, Charlotte, yours is a true success story!

I wish I had contract for MS Access development with as large state as California is :)

-- Shamil

>Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:52 AM -08:00 from Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>:
>
>I, on the other hand, have a contract with the State of California to do
>nothing but build Access apps for various units within the Energy
>Commission.  These are classic apps that help a group manage its workflow
>and provide a way for them to quickly find a particular task for review, as
>well as giving them on the fly reports and the ability to  dump information
>to Excel in a tidy format.  In addition, I present workshops on building
>Access applications and mentor individuals who need help with projects
>they've "developed".
>
>The homegrown stuff is usually pretty bad, but they love what I build.  I
>also tell them when Access is not the appropriate solution.
>
>Charlotte Foust
>(916) 206-4336
>
>On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:14 AM, Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk > wrote:
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>> Hi Shamil
>>
>>
>> 1.       We haven’t had any requests for Access applications for years.
>> That said, we’ve never really had, because clients ask for solutions and
>> really don’t care how they are solved. Some ask for ”web solutions” but
>> that’s rather because of the easy access to such apps. In many cases, a
>> Remote Desktop solution is much easier to establish – it is browser
>> independent and works from Macs too.
>>
>>
>> 2.       Our old accounting package made in Access is still running for
>> many clients.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3.       Through the years, I have only met two or three, and all were a
>> mess. I would warn against it at any time.
>>
>> /gustav
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