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The days of Excel and Access are over??
This is one of the dumbest comments I've heard in a while. This borders on the Open Office / Google Docs will kill MS Office. To say that Excel is not an essential part of business today is completely misinformed. Any risk, six sigma, TVM or any other data driven enterprise manages its operations based on this simple spreadsheet tool. Ask any manager, analyst or consultant. The extended functions of pivot tables, charts and security functions are essential to corporations.
Access has its place in business, just look at how much businesses spend on Access training for employees. Its a hybrid program ment to bridge the gap between the developer and the end operations user. I've seen it used successfully in a productive enviorment, whereas Oracle, MS SQL server and crystal reporting fail repeatedly because to make minor changes take developer involvement.
Web OS may have a future in consumer products, however the local OS is essential to business if only for information security.
Posted by: weepule   Posted on: 04/09/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Just another slap at MS  P. Douglas | 04/09/07
any slap is a good one  Linux Geek | 04/09/07
Douglas You are Wrong  mighetto | 04/09/07
Paranoia!  Wolftracks | 04/09/07
MiGhetto, you are wrong again  eb276 | 04/09/07
biases and prejudices  joethemacfan | 04/10/07
MS is both trusted and distrusted by most  intrepi@... | 07/13/07
Sorry but your wrong  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/12/07
couldn't agree with you more...  Smarty_Pantz | 04/10/07
This is not about taking down MS or anyone else  intrepi@... | 07/13/07
Remote control apps like Logmein and Laplink  jjon2121 | 04/09/07
Regardng Bandwidth  mighetto | 04/09/07
Rightt idea, poor analogy  The-Jetman | 04/10/07
Is the 'Web OS' just a geek's dream?  Loverock Davidson | 04/09/07
Agreed.  nix_hed | 04/09/07
Rebirth of a bad idea  suncatTR | 04/09/07
99.999 Uptime  mighetto | 04/09/07
The days of Excel and Access are over??  weepule | 04/09/07
You are 100% spot on  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/07
OS over a Network  jim.aimone@... | 04/09/07
No, it's a MARKETER'S and EXECUTIVE'S dream.  HypnoToad72 | 04/09/07
Z-Force was a '90s instance  bcroner | 04/09/07
Reality hasn't changed  wolf_z | 04/09/07
Make cents for businesses hocking them  Boot_Agnostic | 04/10/07
Not the right way ...  trial.manager@... | 04/10/07
Webo OS no, Socketing via browser pluggins yes.  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/12/07
cmyOS free online open source operating system  Vandelay | 06/18/07
Without dreams little would have become reality  intrepi@... | 07/13/07

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