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    <p>Access is not a DBMS. Or at least it's not <em>just</em> a simple DBMS. It's a very good RAD environment, a simple way to create SQL code graphically, and a regular front-end to fully fledged DBMs.</p> <p>Neither SQL Server (Express or MSDE) nor Oracle, MySQL, etc. will <strong>ever</strong> replace it, until they come integrated with a simple programming language, a Crystal Reports like facility and a way for beginners to get around without having to learn SQL.</p> <p>At my first professional job I developed a very big system completely in Access. Front end for the clients, admin front for me, reports and monitoring for management, permissions per user, automatic tasks run at certain times, etc. I came to learn a lot of its flaws and strengths as a result.</p> <p>I've seen marvelous apps done with it, as well as pieces of crap. I still use it for personal projects, and ain't' ashamed of it (for instance, a Sudoku player, or a Karnaugh mapping implementation). There's an MVP who's created a Paint clone completely in Access, though I believe that's extreme.</p> <p>Access' pearls: It's nice to easily test a database design idea and have sketch forms, reports, etc. created for you. If you change a column's name (or even a table, though that fails sometimes) it's nice to see all references to that have changed to the new name, automatically. The "sub-form" control rocks, I longed for it on VB6. And the "Thunder" button to do repeated filtering on tables is great, I wish I had something like that on SSMS!</p>
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    1. CO+1, Access and Excel for that sake is heavily underestimated by "professionals", the power of these tools can of course be abused but used correctly they can be unbeatable.
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    2. CO"Power" is a very ambiguous word, and most can't see the two dimensions it encompasses. (1) You can do _anything_, as in C or assembler. (2) You can to _almost everything_ you need, _very easily_. I think most devs miss the second interpretation...
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    3. COWhere's the paint clone? I'd be very interested in seeing how that was done...
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