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  • Re: MS Access (was: Re: Linux at scale)

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to vallor on Mon Aug 5 02:45:39 2024
    On 5 Aug 2024 02:34:37 GMT, vallor wrote:

    On Sun, 4 Aug 2024 22:30:47 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <v8ovem$8t63$7@dont-email.me>:

    On 4 Aug 2024 17:54:40 GMT, vallor wrote:

    When I think of the average computer user, I think of my folks. (Dad
    just turned 84.) I'd love to get them on Linux, but they have a good
    chunk of their personal organizing locked up in MS Access databases.

    How about converting to SQLite and using LibreOffice Base as a
    frontend? That gets you away from the limitations of Microsoft Access.

    That would mean throwing away umpteen databases and reports, developed
    over the span of decades. I don't think that's practicable.

    Unless, of course ...

    Is Microsoft abandoning Access?

    ... you have no choice.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Char Jackson on Mon Aug 5 04:10:18 2024
    On Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:39:44 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

    "Microsoft Access 2021 is the latest version of Access available as a one-time purchase. Previous versions include Access 2019, Access 2016,
    Access 2013, Access 2010, Access 2007, and Access 2003."

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/access

    I've never really used Access but it looks like it's still around.

    That seems very old. Is this because newer versions are cloud-only?

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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Wed Aug 7 02:09:18 2024
    On 8/5/24 12:10 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:39:44 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

    "Microsoft Access 2021 is the latest version of Access available as a
    one-time purchase. Previous versions include Access 2019, Access 2016,
    Access 2013, Access 2010, Access 2007, and Access 2003."

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/access

    I've never really used Access but it looks like it's still around.

    That seems very old. Is this because newer versions are cloud-only?

    Actually, last I used it, you had to buy and
    install ON your PC - it wasn't "cloud".

    The latest Access ... um ... it looks to have
    devolved into just another spreadsheet-style
    SQL database. May as well use MySQL or the like
    and dBeaver.

    In short, like everything, M$ just RUINED Access.

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