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Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die by shubb on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @05:09PM (#21402765)
Arguably Saleforce. One aspect of the product is point and click editable database tables, reports, forms.

Actually I think the lesser known parts of office 365 'PowerApps' have various features for point and clicking your way to a cloud database, forms and reports, and even ETL from your existing data sources.

However, people don't think of these options like they think of access. For MS and Office 365, they could put more effort into marketing the features. Maybe they don't want to. For Salesforce, I guess they could try to get their product into non-computer people IT class syllabuses?

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Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die by kthejoker2 on Friday November 01, 2019 @06:25AM (#21417455)
There's a huge push in MSFT for PowerApps.

Like ... crazy push. They're running free App in a Day workshops in hundreds of cities, and the "Power Platform" (Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow) is their key foot in the door sale in FY20.

Low code/no code is always a Modern Workplace linchpin.

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