Suzanne,
your mostly right in your opinion about Access, but there are still some
niches it's wonderful for. I have a lot of datas, partially dated from
the pre-dbase time and of some obscure other databases with a range from
Z 80 over Atari to Windows. I managed to transfer this stuff into Access
and we can use them again. Nobody will transfer these datas into modern
system, to much effort. It did not work with Paradox, I tried this
before because we try avoid Microsoft-products. (Still using OS/2 and
Wordperfect).
yours, Gerhard

On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Suzanne Quigley wrote:

> >I would very much like to hear from anyone using MS-Access for collection
> >management/cataloging of art, history, or visual collections.
>
> Stephen, this was discussed here several months ago. Mixed opinions. I
> think that if you have a wizbang Access programmer who is also a good data
> dictionary writer - then I say go for it - but I have found that Access has
> a very high learning curve and is nearly impossible to cope with (let alone
> integrate with non-Microsoft products (Wordperfect for one)). My
> recommendation is to go with a smaller off the shelf system.  This way you
> will also have a user group and some built in standards.
>
> Suzanne
>
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