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Moving Away from MS Access
The organization I work for is wanting to move away from Microsoft Access databases where possible, and we have started exploring what tools our current Access databases could be moved to. Is there ...
I've just finished reading this thread and it's triggering some PTSD from my previous encounters with similar nonsense.
1) People trying to get their jobs done come up with tools to make it easier.
2) Leadership identifies a problem which is caused by people doing dumb things, and expects a technology solution to this problem.
3) Leadership finds something via a google search or some salesman at a conference who tells them that a magical product will solve every problem.
4) The project either
A) dies on the vine because nobody actually even knows what they need or
B) is implemented at enormous cost and ends with a disastrous mess that creates far more problems than the original solution because the people entrusted to implement it don't listen to the people actually doing the work.
Moving "away from" a product requires moving towards another product. You can't just slowly back away from MS Access and expect some other solution to hop into your arms like a lonely kitten.
It's nice to know I'm not alone out there. Sorry you had to deal with this nonsense.
1) People trying to get their jobs done come up with tools to make it easier.
2) Leadership identifies a problem which is caused by people doing dumb things, and expects a technology solution to this problem.
3) Leadership finds something via a google search or some salesman at a conference who tells them that a magical product will solve every problem.
4) The project either
A) dies on the vine because nobody actually even knows what they need or
B) is implemented at enormous cost and ends with a disastrous mess that creates far more problems than the original solution because the people entrusted to implement it don't listen to the people actually doing the work.
Moving "away from" a product requires moving towards another product. You can't just slowly back away from MS Access and expect some other solution to hop into your arms like a lonely kitten.
It's nice to know I'm not alone out there. Sorry you had to deal with this nonsense.