Why Kill Access?

coskerk 

First, use of the term "Press releases..." implies something rather more substantial than what ACTUALLY happens. "Rumors are spread..." would be a more accurate description.  MS has never suggested anything close to a discontinuation of Access. These rumors are started by, and propagated by, generally uninformed, and all too often anonymous, entities. 

Fear not, although there are many detractors willing to repeat the rumors, they remain that, rumors.

Is Access going to survive for another 28 years? I don't know. Most people have an opinion, but not many of those opinions have a lot of facts behind them.

Computing in general is changing constantly. That's a good thing, for the most part. In my career I saw the first Windows 1.0 application installed on a DOS computer and was mildly amused by the clumsy way it worked. Then, not long after that, Windows 3.0 rolled out and everything changed.

I remember seeing people's heads popping up to look over their cubicle walls when the first modem in our department started pinging it's hello song. That pioneer was suddenly connected to "the World Wide Web" and over the next few months, the way we all worked changed completely.

And today? I can't even begin to describe the myriad options open to the people currently using computers. It's not surprising that many people anticipate the end of desktop applications like Access. It's almost inevitable. However, I can't see it happening until the last two person office in a remote corner of the world turns off the lasting working Windows computer and turns entirely to the internet.

Along in there somewhere Access will cease to be relevant. That day is not this day.