Drew Wutka
dbatech at wolfwares.com
Thu Nov 18 09:21:16 CST 2004
ROTFLMAO! People would say the same about VB too! I don't think it's quite that bad....just depends on your taste. For example, if you don't like your underwear starched, in VB, you just don't have it done, in Access, you have to constantly ask the maids to stop doing that, over and over and over. Drew -----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 11:06 AM 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