Though I wouldn't want to try to support a commercial multi customer app in Access (did that), it's a very useful companion tool to any development and great, especially due to integration with excel, as a tool in data conversions. I use .NET, node and other modern tools, and cram until my head aches to try to stay up to date, but I also use Access as a flexible utility, data monitor, checker, builder, relater. i can whip up a form to watch or query certain data that i need to look at on the fly when developing. plus i have a few customers that still use and like access. if it ain't broke, don't fix it.