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Are people still using Access?

Raymond Spornhauer

8 months ago

I took note of the YouTube Comment "Are people still using Access??"...

From my observations, Access is used A LOT more than people realize. And from my research, which I have looked a lot, it is the best rapid application development database.

I believe people making comments like this do not understand what Access is and have probably never used it, nor interacted with all the businesses using it.

As far as the "world has moved on" comment... I completely disagree. None of the newer Microsoft applications do what Access does, nor do they allow all the programming features you can accomplish with VBA.

My opinion is that all the sales marketing aimed at selling these new applications has created a misunderstanding by those at the tops of companies making the purchases of what these applications can do while while Access is the "underdog" that gets attacked because it would reduce profits for the newer applications.

Sure... some of the newer applications can create charts and graphs that look pretty, but any true business person doesn't need pretty charts or graphs.

-Raymond

Richard Rost @Reply

8 months ago

I could not find a solid number of how many people use Access, but there are by some estimates over 100,000 companies worldwide that still rely on it. That does not even count solo users, consultants, non-profits, schools, and small businesses who build custom tools with it. Access is quietly everywhere.

Most of the comments you see online come from people who either do not understand what Access does or are trying to sell something else. But you are right - Access is hard to beat for building desktop apps fast. Someone who can use Excel can usually start building databases in Access quickly, and then grow into a pro developer with VBA and proper design.

It reminds me of Han Solo saying "Lightsaber? That is not gonna save you in a fight with a blaster." Access flies under the radar, but in the right hands it packs a serious punch.

	Ray White @Reply 8 months ago
I still really wish they would take it out of the Office package and make it a stand alone product like Visual Studio.

	Raymond Spornhauer OP @Reply 8 months ago
Ray I purchased a Stand Alone Perpetual License here. -Raymond

	Ray White @Reply 8 months ago
Thanks Raymond. I am aware of the stand alone version. The main thing I was talking about is when you install a custom built access app and then you package it and install on a customer's computer that the access runtime would not have anything to do with Microsoft Office if they had it installed.

	Richard Rost @Reply 8 months ago
Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Or better yet, make Access create truly self executable files for distribution.

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