[AccessD] MS 365 Upgrade to Family

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Jürgen

You are still here! A ping every fifth year is not bad.

Not that I have the need, but I didn’t know Office 2003 would run in Windows 11.
I use virtual Windows 10 machines for the old versions. A 32-bit can even run Access 2.0, though it doesn’t always repaint its screen estate.

/gustav

Fra: Juergen Welz<mailto:jwelz at hotmail.com>
Sendt: 26. februar 2023 07:32
Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving<mailto:accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Emne: Re: [AccessD] MS 365 Upgrade to Family

I've had some experience with Libre Office and there's some funky stuff but the price is certainly right and its support for most of the MS office suite file formats is really brilliant.  But then, I still own Office 2003 and still write some new Access code on Win 11 PCs with it.  I just did some soccer team management and spectator photo pass retrieval via QR code scan input.  Why get a two ton press when all you need is a single light tap with a hammer.  I gave up on buying updated Microsoft applications when they introduced the ribbon.

Jurgen Welz
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From: AccessD <accessd-bounces+jwelz=hotmail.com at databaseadvisors.com> on behalf of Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2023 7:42:50 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS 365 Upgrade to Family

This aggravation proved just too much, I've decided to abandon the MS suite
and begin learning the LibreOffice stuff, for starters.

I will still keep my old 2016 versions, but I think that my experience
today sort of broke the bond I thought we had.

I think that it's time to explore LibreOffice and PostGrSQL in depth.

I realize that I am a krill in their ocean of customers, but given that I'm
retired, who gives a s**t about what I think? I'm going to embark on an
intensive program studying the LibreOffice stuff, concentrating on Base
(its DBMS), but  looking to see what I can duplicate in the absence of VBA.
I know that Base offers an equivalent language, so that's Step One. Then we
shall see where it goes from there.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 6:42 PM Kathryn Bassett <kathryn at bassett.net> wrote:

> And Family comes with 5 more seats, so I've installed on Dave, my sister,
> and 2 of Arlene's computers.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD <accessd-
> > bounces+kathryn=bassett.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of Susan
> > Harkins
> > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2023 11:47 AM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS 365 Upgrade to Family
> >
> > I can only speak from my own experience. My 365 license comes with all the
> > Power apps and some of them are powerful apps. With the Power apps and
> > SharePoint (which comes with my 365 license), I have an incredible number
> > of easy-to-use tools at my disposal. I'd not go back.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> >
> > What's the advantage then of 385 over say O2021?