True Story, Y'all:

I was thrown into a complicated situation with a privatized state agency that needed an enterprise system from the ground up. All we had to work with were ASCII files of DB2 tables and screen prints from an ancient mainframe system. Got this info on April 15. Had the entire application in VFP5 with over 25 data entry forms, lookups galore, reports, a new framework (client needed babying), et al installed by July 1. Have had only 3 calls for tech support and in each case was a goofy typo in a less-commonly used routine.

Now, this app is single-tier and is only used by 10-20 people, but there is no way it could have been done with the degree of commonality amongst modules and customization in the time permitted with any other VS tool -nor- in Access.

And, by the way, it's heavy use of views makes it scalable in little time (that is the plan sometime in the future).

As long as I can keep up that level of productivity and deliver professional appearing and working *fast* applications, everything else can go hang as a basis for an E/AD project.