What do people actually use Access for?
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From: rkc on 4 Apr 2010 22:23 On Apr 4, 5:21 pm, FraserOrr <fraser...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to find good data on who uses the product, what they use > it for, and what industries it is used in. Do people create their own > databases, or do they tend to use experts? What are the primary goals > of an access database as opposed to the various other products in > office such as InfoPath and Excel. There is a six year thread, What Do You Use Microsoft Access For? that can be found at: http://www.utteraccess.com/forum/Microsoft-Access-For-t378324.html
From: RonG on 5 Apr 2010 10:49 Hi, I'm the owner of a small company that markets a desktop solution for managing artist businesses called WorkingArtist. The current system makes use of the Access97 runtime, and I'm in the process of upgrading the system to Access2007. I think you're going to find that most Access developers are either doing internal development for their company, or are consultants who create a large variety of applications for their clients. Not many people working as ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) using Access as their development platform from what I can tell based on discussions within this group and a few others that I follow. It could be I'm just looking in the wrong place. Ron
From: bubbles on 7 Apr 2010 04:54
On Apr 5, 5:21 am, FraserOrr <fraser...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am writing a paper on the use of Microsoft Access, and consequently, > I am trying to find good data on who uses the product, what they use > it for, and what industries it is used in. Do people create their own > databases, or do they tend to use experts? What are the primary goals > of an access database as opposed to the various other products in > office such as InfoPath and Excel. > > Does anyone know where I could find such data? Are there any studies > on this matter? If you are a consultant and expert in the field, do > you have any personal opinions to share on this matter? > > It is a pain to find this sort of data on the web because "access" and > "microsoft" are such generic terms, so any intelligent input would be > a great help. (I am sure it would also be useful to the broader access > community too.) > > Thanks in advance. In the past 10 years, I have been working as a consultant, developing software for various categories of clients. These include: * Military organizations * Law Enforcement Agencies * Credit Card companies * Banks and other financial institutions * Mining companies * Membership Clubs * Manufacturing companies * Tax Consultants * Online Stores * Bar-code applications Most of these are using Access as front-end, with either SQL Server or Access as backend. There's also online applications that use Access in the back-end and ASP (server side scripts). And of course there's lots of TSQL/SQL and VBA programming involved. Some of these organizations use Access exclusively for complete applications - typically these are smaller companies. Larger organizations use SQL Server / Oracle / Sybase on the back-end, but does quite a fair bit of inter- or intra-department applications with Access as the UI. |