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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 le
by 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* Microsoft Office (slightly out of date version)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 agoOr find a job at a more agile company.
- rossng 13y agoThat'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 agoThat'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