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Microsoft Access System being discontinued?
Hello, I am looking for a way to create a database and all of my research is leading me to wanting to build a Microsoft Access based database. It seems as though this program would fulfill all my ne...
cwillie
I want to add my comments on this unfounded rumor that keeps coming up.
Access is NOT going away in the near future. I think this rumor first came up two days after Access version 1.0 was released, and it's been false ever since.
I think there are two sources for it. One, jealous competitors., Two, uninformed IT people who don't want to admit that Access is so successful.
We all know that IT often looks down on Access, sometimes with good reason, unfortunately. And that can lead IT people to want to believe in this false rumor.
Competitors have a self-interest in spreading it.
At a recent live on-line meeting, Ebo Quansah, who heads up the Access development team at Microsoft, outlined current plans for at least the next generation of Access. I think we can trust his word over the rumor-mongers.
Perhaps one of the reasons leading people to doubt whether MS Access will continue to be supported is that, in my opinion, it doesn't look updated and it seems like only a small team is behind it to provide little and strictly needed maintenance. The features, user interface, usability, etc. Look very much outdated. I use MS Access since 1997 and still use it sometimes to create quick forms to access / manage data both local and on data servers but it doesn't help me as it used to.
Note: 2021-11-11. I found this discussion because I was looking into why the search functionality is now failing most of the time for me (Find, Look in: Current document, Match: Any part of field, Search: All). (Haven't yet identified if its a general problem or only on my machine)
Re: problems with search. Sometimes it's better to offer descriptions of behavior (what DOES happen and what you expect or want to happen). Usually statements of outcomes, "...failing most of the time..." are less helpful.
