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- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Re: Microsoft Access
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.203513.15660@netcom.com>
- Keywords: SLOW
- Organization: Messina Software
- References: <12DEC199211531230@watson.bms.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:35:13 GMT
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- rogers_m@watson.bms.com (MICHAEL ROGERS) writes:
-
- >I got Access yesterday, dismayed to learn there is no runtime license
- >included, supposed to be a runtime kit in Feb. which will list for $495.
- >The program is _S_L_O_W_. It does disk read/writes while nothing seemingly is
- >going on, i.e., you're sitting there reading the help screen for a few
- >minutes, and the hard drive kicks in for a few seconds for no obvious reason.
- >I admit I'm a newbie dbms user, but I never thought it would be like this.
- >Wait for Paradox Win, seems this was rushed to market to get the jump on
- >Borland and still needs a good bit of optimization.
-
- Which I, frankly, find a perfect reason to buy it. By the time you
- have your first apps ready, an optimized version will be out :-)
- I hate waiting. Besides, if you want to talk about slow, take a look
- at ObjectVision - now, *that* is _slow_ redefined.
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