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On forums, people are free to make opinionated, dogmatic and sometimes mistaken statements, just as we do in casual conversation on the
subway or in a bar. The Internet culture uses forums and message boards
to consider perspectives and ideas, but never for a definitive answer. One
reason: It all depends who’s chatting that day.
“Dear ‘t_device’ — Let’s not get into a pissing
match. My upsized applications run very nicely to
this day. Yes, it’s not perfect, but I’ve used ERwin
for documentation and Access is much easier for
smaller projects. You get the application running,
produce the relational schema and put it on the
server. You may choose to develop on the target
system. I prefer my method. I hope we can treat
each other respectfully.
— “Lucille Goldman”
“I believe we have been civil. If that’s not the case, let me
know. Apparently we have a difference of opinion. That’s
healthy. I have upsized a few Access apps and I’ve developed in
it, so I’m not speaking off the top of my head ... Anyway, let’s
drop the Access better/worse convo and stick to the voting
application.”
— “t_device”
“Go over to slashdot [Slashdot.org, a forum for
computer people] and try talking about ‘security’ and
‘Access’ in the same breath and see how seriously they
take you over there — they won’t even dignify you
with a response, they’ll just laugh at you and spray you
with onomatopoetic responses like this:
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slashdot comment:
*choke*
*wheeze*
bwahahahahahahahahahahahah
*gasp*
Wait, these things are already in use?!?
*thud*
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...because all programmers know there is no security in
Access.”
— “abcxyz”
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