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Craig Alexander Morrison
I think that Access 2.0 (and all prior versions) should be made freely
available, by Microsoft, on the internet as a service to their customers.
We have recently been involved in the redevelopment of a system from over 10
years ago. Thankfully we still have the Access Distribution Kit for 1.1 and
the Access Developer's Toolkit for 2.0 and the standard products and were
able to support the conversion from 1.1 to 2.0 and then to Access 97
(available for free in September 2006 (if MS would change policy)) and
finally to Access 2003 (at their insistence, we suggested staying at 97 they
were concerned about the general level of support of Access 97).
Some small businesses cannot afford to keep upgrading especially when what
they have in say Access 2.0 is fine for their purposes. And if we (including
MS) are honest about this not that much of the _core_ functionality of
Access has changed through all the versions.
Access 2.0 and Access 97 are the Gold standards, a few tweaks and Access
2003 can join that illustrious company.
This is not a radical idea many software companies actually make earlier
versions (a lot more recent than 10 years old I might add) available for
free download or included on a CD/DVD insert of a computer magazine. They
usually offer an upgrade path to the current version.
Just an idea, Microsoft.
available, by Microsoft, on the internet as a service to their customers.
We have recently been involved in the redevelopment of a system from over 10
years ago. Thankfully we still have the Access Distribution Kit for 1.1 and
the Access Developer's Toolkit for 2.0 and the standard products and were
able to support the conversion from 1.1 to 2.0 and then to Access 97
(available for free in September 2006 (if MS would change policy)) and
finally to Access 2003 (at their insistence, we suggested staying at 97 they
were concerned about the general level of support of Access 97).
Some small businesses cannot afford to keep upgrading especially when what
they have in say Access 2.0 is fine for their purposes. And if we (including
MS) are honest about this not that much of the _core_ functionality of
Access has changed through all the versions.
Access 2.0 and Access 97 are the Gold standards, a few tweaks and Access
2003 can join that illustrious company.
This is not a radical idea many software companies actually make earlier
versions (a lot more recent than 10 years old I might add) available for
free download or included on a CD/DVD insert of a computer magazine. They
usually offer an upgrade path to the current version.
Just an idea, Microsoft.