"Peter J. Schoenster" wrote:
>
> On 13 Oct 98, at 22:14, Thomas F. Maher, Jr. wrote:
>
> > I thought I knew MS Access 97. Maybe not in the biblical sense, but I was
>
> Did I read somewhere that MS was going to ease away from Access and
> promote SQL server? I told our "computer" guy that I would not
> create an intranet with Access (what he uses). I told him that if I
> were to develop an intranet on NT (which he loves) I would require MS
> InterDev and SQL server. He wanted me to use FrontPage to develop
> the intranet.
>
> Is Access history?
>
> Peter
Access isn't quite history. M$ appears to be hedging on its database
strategy. InterDev and SQL are leading; however, Oracale, Informix and
SyBase are much better products.
As much as I detest Access, it is functional for a suprising range of
applications. It needs a true multi-tasking, multi-user OS to support
it.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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