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Microsoft Access is the most widely used database system in the
world. More then 40 million companies use it. When correctly used, Access offers an
excellent alternative for the bigger database systems like Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server.
Microsoft Access solves many database problems but not all and neither do other
tools. What Access offers is the best solution for its range of
capabilities. As the most popular database product in the world, Access
clearly dominates one of the most important segments of the database world.
A huge number of database needs are solved completely by Access.
Access is simply the best at what it
does.
Financially, it comes down to how much it costs to build database applications
in Access vs. other platforms and the tradeoffs. Access applications are inherently cheaper
to build than more sophisticated platforms. .
As a RAD (Rapid Application Developpement) tool, the use of Microsoft Access
helps reduce development costs and time and you don't
need a big team of technician to take care of the database. Just make periodic backups like
for any other database system.
For some persuasive arguments on why Access is "right sized" for a lot of jobs, read the
white paper " Database
Evolution: Microsoft Access Within an Organization’s Database Strategy" by Luke Chung,
president of FMS, Inc.
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