Am Sonntag, den 13.05.2007, 12:50 -0400 schrieb Andrew Jensen: > On May 15, 2007 ( Tuesday, next ) Microsoft will do two things, one is > something they have done at least 12 times before, and one for the first > time. > > The repeat action - the runtime and development extensions for MS Access > 2007 will ship. > > The new action - the charge $0.00 > > That's right - this package used to require Visual Studio and cost ~$550.00 > US .... well, not any more. > > A brief list of what is included can be found at: > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb229700.aspx
Interesting ... I think this is mostly targetted at the other big players like Oracle, IBM and the like. Or it could be a direct attack against OO.o Base, because now it is getting near to being pretty usable, although far away from Microsofts product (no pun intended). But for whatever reason Microsoft gives it away for "free", the freedom you get is smaller than the amount you have to give: - using Windows (and running after versions and bug fixes) - being bound to other Office programs like Ecxel, ... - use the Devtools and .net stuff, anything else will sooner or later be abandoned (imho) Not an option for many people having made the decision of using some other OS or using free software of any kind. Marc --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
