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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: MS Access (was: Re: Linux at scale)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 00:25:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 13:38:23 +0100, Philip Herlihy wrote:

> It seems very unlikely that MS would abandon Access - there are just too
> many databases out there.

But if there is no more money to be made from it, why continue to invest? 
Doesn’t matter how many users are already out there, if they are not 
wanting to spend more money on it.