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But seriously, how many people even use that?
Now I'm not going to sit here and say no one ever uses VBA. You are proof that people do. Even I've used it a couple times for some Access forms. But how many Office users even know what it is, much less use it even once? Programming in Office is so damn complicated that no normal person can ever use it. People shouldn't have to be a VB programmer to use a simple application.

Does anyone remember the days of 1-2-3 where all you had to do was type the keystroke commands in successive cells to program a simple macro? THAT was easy. Nowadays they try to make it look easy by having a macro recorder, but if you need to run a macro that runs relative the the cell you are in the recorder does not work. The keystroke command macro worked every time. Certainly having the ability to use VB for macros and modules gives the user more potential power, but if the vast majority of people don't know how to use it, what good is it?

Well now they have XML as the new feature. That's great for the techies, but the common user can't do anything with it unless they have someone program something for them or they get a third party application that can utilize it. Most people won't need that.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 10/21/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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No need to upgrade  neopleonasm | 10/20/03
always have someone need it  huzhixing@... | 10/21/03
Clueless Analysts  CooCooCaChoo | 10/20/03
Man, Did you see what .NET did to Major Healthcare Co? Their product is DOA  Plain Logic | 10/20/03
This is silliness  rbethell | 10/21/03
target your customers  lmaxwell | 10/21/03
target all customers  gath | 10/21/03
Start seeing reality sunshine...  CooCooCaChoo | 10/21/03
Perf problems?  chrichton99 | 10/21/03
RE: Perf problems?  CooCooCaChoo | 10/21/03
You're being disengenous  marksashton | 10/21/03
RE: You're being disengenous  CooCooCaChoo | 10/21/03
You better convince yourself first.  michael-t | 10/21/03
Oh good grief  rbethell | 10/21/03
IF what you said was true, why didn't they just ...  Plain Logic | 10/21/03
Citrix and regression  rbethell | 10/22/03
Tell it to Eclypsys  MarcB_z | 10/21/03
Success with .NET  chrichton99 | 10/21/03
Yes  rbethell | 10/21/03
Indeed, presaging the future  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
What did you expect?  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
600,000 testers can't be all wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/20/03
600,000 sales would be a disappointment  tic swayback | 10/20/03
Ax_to_Grind, I suggest "600K testers" is M$ PR fantasy.  dicktaurus@... | 10/20/03
the counts are real  lmaxwell | 10/21/03
More like ~600K CDs @ $1 a piece...maybe  dicktaurus@... | 10/21/03
Taurus...you definately have an axe to grind  marksashton | 10/21/03
I never said I didn't! Unlike "No_axe_to_grind" who DOES indeed.  dicktaurus@... | 10/21/03
RE: 600,000 testers can be all wrong.  CooCooCaChoo | 10/20/03
Marketing?  michael-t | 10/20/03
600,000 testers etc..  Iain_Peters | 10/21/03
Another alias?  tic swayback | 10/21/03
Who sez there are 600K beta testers?  MarcB_z | 10/21/03
Nothing to brighten your day up...  frgough@... | 10/21/03
Re: 600,000 testers can't be all wrong.  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
600,000  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
I can believe it  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Business focus  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
600,000 Beta Testers? Easy  Elsa | 10/22/03
Interest?  NT Admin | 10/21/03
MS's problem - most don't need to upgrade  rbethell | 10/21/03
RE: MS's problem  zijiang | 10/21/03
VBA was reason to upgrade for me  dscherf | 10/21/03
But seriously, how many people even use that?  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Only takes 1  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
I disagree  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Every company is different  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
A skilled poweruser  rbethell | 10/21/03
People are forgetting something here......  Sceptical Observer | 10/21/03
good points  tic swayback | 10/21/03
we have mostly 2000  Arrg | 10/21/03
2000  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
Bells and whistles  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Not cost effective  Kyfho | 10/21/03
You're not on Licensing 6.0?  rbethell | 10/21/03
The Telling Statistics  Yen_z | 10/21/03
Not Neglecting, Just Prepping to "Harvest" small business  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
Office System As Web Services Placeholder  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
I don't think so...  rbethell | 10/21/03
So Said the Doomed Netscapers  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
Not sure browsers are a good analogy  rbethell | 10/21/03
Not gonna do it  FilledOut | 10/21/03
Biding Time Until We Get Longhorned  KeithRisler | 10/21/03

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