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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: MS Access
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 01:15:41 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 8 Aug 2024 07:50:31 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 12:38:00 +0100, Philip Herlihy wrote:
>> 
>>> I think it's one of Microsoft's greatest achievements ...
>> 
>> Calling Access “one of Microsoft’s greatest achievements” ... not the
>> kind of “praise” they would find flattering, I think ...
> 
> Am no fan of access, but to be fair to MS it fills a niche nothing else
> comes close to filling.

Make that past tense. It isn’t true any more.