Re: Converting Access database to SQL server or Informix

> >Assuming the server-side applications are not intended to run on Unix, >why would I want to learn yet another language, an interpreted (or >emulated, as someone strongly claimed, as though there was a >universal definition) one, at that? With the VB language that we know >(and of which we use a goodly subset, VBA, in Access) we can >create COM components, and we could, if we so desired, even run >our Access apps under Citrix WinFrame or Microsoft Terminal Server >plus Citrix Mega-whatever). If you are tempted to quote "Write Once, >Run Anywhere", please spare us... laughing so hard tends to hurt >our ribs. It's almost as funny as the oxymoron "The Unix Standard". I think his point was that Java has stronger support for distributed applications. As far as why you would want to learn another language well I guess you don't HAVE to learn anything new at all. You could stick with VB all your life if you want to. I am usually eager to learn new languages myself.