>> get the same attention and advertising budget from MS. A data-centric
>> product just doesn't appeal to everyone, even if it's the best there is.
>
>True. Folks certainly don't get excited when they hear "SQL Server" or
>"Access".
>
>It's funny. I've got a customer who called me a few months ago, asking
>about Access. I told him then that it was the wrong thing for him to
>use, considering the application(s) that he wanted to build, but he said
>that consultant X had said it was good, so he was going to go with it.
>
>I'll be re-writing all of his Access applications fairly soon because he
>is so disheartened with the results

Paul and all,

Clarion? Well I wish these people would wake up and realize that the future is with WORDSTAR 1.0!