Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at users.mns.ru
Thu Nov 18 05:39:28 CST 2004
No, John :) The newsgroup was very active and these were very interesting times when everybody were equally unaware what MS Access is and to find a new application of a feature or how to better process a certain event was really helpful for quite some participants of this newsgroup... ...when I've first got ADH for MS Access 2.0 in 1995 I didn't find something really new to read from it... Shamil ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:24 AM Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET > Shamil, > > That's about like saying the caveman had office buildings because the women > sat around a campfire in front of the cave. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil > Salakhetdinov > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:07 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET > > > <<< > in 1994 and there was no internet. > >>> > John, > > It was Internet that time! > AFAIKR I did participate in usenet MS Access newgroup starting May or July > 1994 :) ... > > Shamil > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> > To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:31 AM > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET > > > > ROTFL. > > > > I have to believe though that you have forgotten your early days > > learning Access, when all the millions of properties and events were > > so much Greek, and you had no idea what an object model was, never > > mind how to find it or how to interpret it. > > > > I distinctly remember moving from procedural "start at the top (or > > with Turbo Pascal - the bottom) and start executing" code to Event > > driven "how can you ever know where the code is going to execute > > next". I really got into Access "full time" in 1994 and there was no > > internet. There was no Access Users Group, in fact I was on the BOD > > of the San Diego Users Group sitting in on that first meeting singing > > "halleluiah" that I would finally have someone to talk to about > > Access. Once a month users group meetings. There were very few books, > > and the ADH was waaaaay over my head. > > > > Yea sure, now that I have spent 10 years learning it, Access is indeed > > "chocolates on the pillow". > > > > John W. Colby > > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steven W. > Erbach > > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:06 PM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: [dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET > > > > > > Dear Group, > > > > 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. > > > > Microsoft Access is like living in a luxury hotel with hot and cold > running > > chamber maids, laundry service, shoe shining service, room service, > > beds made every day, carpet vacuumed every day, fresh flowers every > > day, fresh linen, those nifty little soaps and bottles of shampoo, > > Magic Fingers massage bed, chocolates on the pillow, and your favorite > > newspaper > unfolded > > to the financial page for you. > > > > .NET is like clearing a wooded hillside to build a vacation cottage. > > But first you have to learn how to operate a bulldozer to clear the > > woods. > Then > > you have to figure out for yourself the most efficient use of block > > and tackle to haul the trees out of the way. Oh, did I mention that > > you have > to > > build a road to the site first? Then you need to stack the logs onto a > truck > > and drive it yourself to the sawmill so that you can saw the logs into > > boards to use to build your house. You might want to learn how to > > smelt metal so that you can make your own nails and hammer and such... > > > > It ain't quite that bad but I've never had to buy so many reference > > books and have them open at the same time. > > > > Anybody else with a less florid description of .NET development? > > > > Steve Erbach > > Neenah, WI > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com