On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 03:15:43PM -0400, Christopher Klein wrote:
> There was no slam on Harry at all Thane. It's not just simply learning
> simple tasks. Sure anyone can learn how to type a paragraph in word.
> However, learning Access in an MIS/CIS program is quite important. Not all
> corporations run SQL. The company I'm at with now has approximately 1500
> employees at our site, and around 6k worldwide. Decent sized company but
> every department within the organization has these access databases...it's a
> nightmare.
It's retarded. Let's take excel and strap on some DB features without proper
locking yeah!!!! Any company using access should be shot, it's not a database
it's
a giant piece of crap.
> Colleges do teach you how to think. But if you're going to college for IT
> or Business you need to learn windows and you need to learn office. Most
Wrong, failed it.
> companies don't want to spend the time to teach an entry level business
> person how to use Excel or Word.
>
> I haven't used Open office that much but are the commands and formulas the
> exact same in open office? Vlookup and everything else is exactly the same?
I'm a linux/mac guy, and Open office is a piece of junk. I'd rather use
MS office any day for it's speed and compatability.
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Bryan G. Seitz
