[AccessD] MS 365 Upgrade to Family

[John Colby]

Well hello there.  Long time no see.

On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 1:32 AM Juergen Welz <jwelz at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> ________________________________
> 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?
> > >
> > >
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John W. Colby
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