[dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET

Actually, I'm very happy working in .NET and find it at least as fast and easy 
to develop in C# as I ever did in Access. There was a slight learning curve at 
first, but, truly, I didn't find it that difficult to make the change. I'm 
torn on whether my previous VB6 experience helped me or hindered me when I 
first went to .NET (I know that my C/C++ experience definitely did help me, 
since I switched from VS6 and VB to VS.NET and c# at the same time) but,  
regardless, I found the initial learning curve relatively painless. So I'm 
sorry but I can't agree with your metaphor :) And I think once you get past 
that initial learning curve, you'll like it too. 


> For what it's worth, I've come up with a suitable metaphor to describe the 
> difference between writing an application in Microsoft Access and writing that 
> same application using .NET technologies.