[AccessD] Interesting Access article

[Steve Schapel]

I agree entirely, Stuart.

It always amazes me how many people who you would expect to know better, 
seem to talk of Access and SQL Server as if they are are variants of the 
same species.

I also took exception to some of the author's other statements in that 
article.  As one example, "Microsoft has made more than one attempt to 
terminate it."  I do not believe that is true.

Regards
Steve

------ Original Message ------
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
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Sent: 1/11/2019 2:27:18 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Interesting Access article

>He has missed the point entirely.
>
>Access is not a database!
>
>Access is a very powerful Rapid Application Development environment which can use its own
>native database format (Microsoft Jet) or any number of  robust  RDBMSs.
>
>The statement "These statistics almost certainly overstate the popularity of Access" is 100%
>wrong.   A number of those Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL segments of the pie chart will be
>using Access as an application FE.
>
>I've been building complex Access applications using SQL Server and MySQL as the
>database for years.
>
>
>On 31 Oct 2019 at 8:45, jack drawbridge wrote:
>
>>  Just saw this discussed on a few forums.
>>  Interesting article on Access's continued survival.
>>  <https://medium.com/young-coder/microsoft-access-the-zombie-database-s
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