What a pack of lies !
From Microsoft:
Migrating from Access 2002
If you're using Access 2002, migrating to Access 2003 is easy. Access 2003 supports the Access 2002-2003 file formats, so in most cases you need only install Access 2003 and open your Access 2002 files — even if they contain Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) code. If your database uses data access pages (data access page: A Web page designed for viewing and working with data from the Internet or an intranet. Its data is typically stored in an Access database.) created in Access 2002, note that Access 2003 also uses the Microsoft Office XP Web Components to create data access pages. Because the same components were used to create data access pages in Access 2002, those pages will work normally in Access 2003.