Re: MS Access

From	vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: MS Access
Date	2024-08-07 01:56 +0000
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On Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:39:44 -0500, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote
in <k5i0bjpnv01mncc0c2b8tpqbl28v171vfs@4ax.com>:

> On 5 Aug 2024 02:34:37 GMT, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, 4 Aug 2024 22:30:47 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
>><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <v8ovem$8t63$7@dont-email.me>:
>>
>>> On 4 Aug 2024 17:54:40 GMT, vallor wrote:
>>> 
>>>> When I think of the average computer user, I think of my folks. (Dad
>>>> just turned 84.)  I'd love to get them on Linux, but they have a good
>>>> chunk of their personal organizing locked up in MS Access databases.
>>> 
>>> How about converting to SQLite and using LibreOffice Base as a 
frontend?
>>> That gets you away from the limitations of Microsoft Access.
>>
>>That would mean throwing away umpteen databases and reports, developed
>>over the span of decades.  I don't think that's practicable.
>>
>>As I said, I'd like to try Access on Linux using WINE or proton.
>>
>>Went to buy a copy at Amazon, and MS Access 2010 seems to be
>>the latest version.  That can't be the latest version,
>>can it?  Is Microsoft abandoning Access?
> 
> "Microsoft Access 2021 is the latest version of Access available as a 
one-time
> purchase. Previous versions include Access 2019, Access 2016, Access 
2013,
> Access 2010, Access 2007, and Access 2003."
> 
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/access
> 
> I've never really used Access but it looks like it's still around.

Thanks for the heads-up.  I got the installer for the latest standalone
through our Microsoft 365 Family license.  (Had to talk to MS support chat
to get the installer download link, as the Windows links weren't showing
up on my Linux browser.)

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