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Re: [LUG] simple website tools

 

2008/11/17 Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> To build an 'enterprise' app you have to start off with an enterprise
> approach. Office Software is fine for the home, not too bad for two or three
> people in an office but worse than useless in an enterprise - despite
> billions having been spent on it by MS and customers (I think MS know its
> useless which is why they keep bringing out new versions to stop people
> cottoning on). The percentage of places I've worked that are trapped in the
> 'office' mode because they've got too much stuff to convert easily is
> probably about 99.

Tell me about it.
>>From MS Access DBs trying to grow to be multi-user apps to shared
spreadsheet apps used over a WAB (man that's sloooooooooow).

-- 
Steve Lee
Open Source Assistive Technology Software and Accessibility
fullmeasure.co.uk

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