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Don't quote me on this but one mildly interesting aspect of Access's birth (1992?) is that Microsoft struck hard at the competition's knees (I think "dBASE" by Ashton Tate was the most popular desktop database product at the time) to capture market share (as they say), selling the first version of Access for something like 99 USD. They obviously took a similar approach with IE (no charge), pullling users away from Netscape.
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Tim
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Sorry about that I deleted the post as the link wasn't working. Can't get it to work for some reason.
Type in ask jeeves Microsoft Access History, there is a few good link on here, page 2 of the search results gives info on all the different versions.
Type in ask jeeves Microsoft Access History, there is a few good link on here, page 2 of the search results gives info on all the different versions.
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Brief History:
In 1992 Microsoft launched Access 1.0 which was shortly followed by version 1.1. The initial application was a cheap, competitive package that soon had a large following despite its limitations.
In April 1994 Access 2.0 was released and pretty much eliminated the use of Version 1.x. It soon became well established and continues to be so now as a 16-bit database.
In September 1995 Access 95 (Access 7.0) was released. This version was designed for Windows 95. Unfortunately this version was very unstable and was generally ignored by developers.
In November 1996 Access 97 (Access 8.0) was released. A great improvement on version 2.0 it has become the standard for serious Access development.
In the summer of 1999 Access 2000 (Access 9.0) was launched. It improved on Access 97 in a number of ways and is slowly gaining in popularity.
In 1992 Microsoft launched Access 1.0 which was shortly followed by version 1.1. The initial application was a cheap, competitive package that soon had a large following despite its limitations.
In April 1994 Access 2.0 was released and pretty much eliminated the use of Version 1.x. It soon became well established and continues to be so now as a 16-bit database.
In September 1995 Access 95 (Access 7.0) was released. This version was designed for Windows 95. Unfortunately this version was very unstable and was generally ignored by developers.
In November 1996 Access 97 (Access 8.0) was released. A great improvement on version 2.0 it has become the standard for serious Access development.
In the summer of 1999 Access 2000 (Access 9.0) was launched. It improved on Access 97 in a number of ways and is slowly gaining in popularity.
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Is that a Microsoft quote?Hayley Baxter said:
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Yeah it certainly is a Microsoft Quote Rich, I take it you disagree?
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Don't forget that there are two more versions of Access -
2002 which is also known as XP and 2003 which will be released October 14.
Don't forget that there are two more versions of Access -
2002 which is also known as XP and 2003 which will be released October 14.
