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SQLite backend and <Frontend in Any Language>. What's the big deal?

by pknerd 13y ago

pseut 13y ago
Access is the frontend
eterm 13y ago
Ah yes, Code: It's Trivial[1] Jeff Atwood quoting Benjamin Pollack " Developers think cloning a site like StackOverflow is easy for the same reason that open-source software remains such a horrible pain in the ass to use. When you put a developer in front of StackOverflow, they don't really see StackOverflow. What they actually see is this: create table QUESTION (ID identity primary key, TITLE varchar(255), BODY text, UPVOTES integer not null default 0, DOWNVOTES integer not null default 0, USER integer references USER(ID)); create table RESPONSE (ID identity primary key, BODY text, UPVOTES integer not null default 0, DOWNVOTES integer not null default 0, QUESTION integer references QUESTION(ID)) " [1] http://blog.codinghorror.com/code-its-trivial/ http://blog.codinghorror.com/code-its-trivial/ Appropriately enough the blog is complaining about the attitude being displayed on Hacker News
rossng 13y ago
The big deal is that in an office you tend to have access to the following only: * Microsoft Office (slightly out of date version) * Internet Explorer 8 or less * Adobe Reader * Crappy SharePoint installation If someone can find a way to replace Access that doesn't involve going through corporate IT's 50-year long approval/installation process, it'll be a massive hit.
- eitally 13y ago
  Or find a job at a more agile company.
  - rossng 13y ago
    That's beside the point. Yes, if you don't want to deal with Access then you can go and find a job at a smaller, more agile company. However, there are always going to be a lot of people who do work in vast, stuck-in-their-ways corporations - banks, energy companies and other MNCs. An Access replacement would be aimed at these people, not a specific individual who could just 'find a job at a more agile company'. As a result, it could be very successful.
- pknerd 13y ago
  That's called Monopoly. It has nothing to do with Access. OpenSource Alternatives exist since Star Office days so it can't be said some alternative of Access don't exist
jellicle 13y ago
Uh huh. And the important part of Access is the front-end. And no one from the open source or hacker community has even come close, not even in the same ballpark, not in 20 years now. Twenty years! So clearly there is, in fact, a big deal. If you think you can write Access in a weekend, feel free, post it here when you're done. Good luck!

SQLite backend and <Frontend in Any Language>. What's the big deal?

by pknerd 13y ago

SQLite backend and <Frontend in Any Language>. What's the big deal?

pseut 13y ago

Access is the frontend

eterm 13y ago

Ah yes, Code: It's Trivial[1] Jeff Atwood quoting Benjamin Pollack " Developers think cloning a site like StackOverflow is easy for the same reason that open-source software remains such a horrible pain in the ass to use. When you put a developer in front of StackOverflow, they don't really see StackOverflow. What they actually see is this: create table QUESTION (ID identity primary key, TITLE varchar(255), BODY text, UPVOTES integer not null default 0, DOWNVOTES integer not null default 0, USER integer references USER(ID)); create table RESPONSE (ID identity primary key, BODY text, UPVOTES integer not null default 0, DOWNVOTES integer not null default 0, QUESTION integer references QUESTION(ID)) " [1] http://blog.codinghorror.com/code-its-trivial/ http://blog.codinghorror.com/code-its-trivial/ Appropriately enough the blog is complaining about the attitude being displayed on Hacker News

rossng 13y ago

The big deal is that in an office you tend to have access to the following only: * Microsoft Office (slightly out of date version) * Internet Explorer 8 or less * Adobe Reader * Crappy SharePoint installation If someone can find a way to replace Access that doesn't involve going through corporate IT's 50-year long approval/installation process, it'll be a massive hit.

eitally 13y ago
Or find a job at a more agile company.
- rossng 13y ago
  That's beside the point. Yes, if you don't want to deal with Access then you can go and find a job at a smaller, more agile company. However, there are always going to be a lot of people who do work in vast, stuck-in-their-ways corporations - banks, energy companies and other MNCs. An Access replacement would be aimed at these people, not a specific individual who could just 'find a job at a more agile company'. As a result, it could be very successful.
pknerd 13y ago
That's called Monopoly. It has nothing to do with Access. OpenSource Alternatives exist since Star Office days so it can't be said some alternative of Access don't exist

jellicle 13y ago

Uh huh. And the important part of Access is the front-end. And no one from the open source or hacker community has even come close, not even in the same ballpark, not in 20 years now. Twenty years! So clearly there is, in fact, a big deal. If you think you can write Access in a weekend, feel free, post it here when you're done. Good luck!