WE don't write forms or code in Acess MDB's, but my company still has applications that use MDB's to store data. We are slowly moving the SQL Express, but sadly the the answer is YES, people still use Access.

I'm with you... I really like Windows Phone 8.1. Onedrive works great. MS is finally starting to understand how to build the ecosystem. There is no doubt that MS sat on Windows Mobile 6 way to long and should have acted sooner when the iPhone came out. I think it is going to be hard to get someone who is already in the Apple ecosystem to switch, and while the Android ecosystem is not as compelling to me, those users have something that works for them and likely will resist change. Here in Canada I think a MS has done a terrible job of prompting WP and I would think that is the main reason WP is not catching one here. I would be only 20% of the population even knows what Windows Phone is! Last time I visited a Bell Mobility store they did not even have a display for the one windows phone that they carry. At the local Rogers store, there is a display in the back corner for the one Windows Phone they carry. Blackberry has a much larger presence in these two stores and they are the two largest carriers in Canada. With Representation like that it is a wonder anyone in Canada has a Windows Phone. MS has to do a better job of getting awareness of this great product.

Much faster boot times is the biggest thing for me with Win8. I think MS claims better encryption / security with IE10 as well. I have a touchscreen laptop and I enjoy the Modern UI apps for watching videos, surfing, and using news apps while still having the old desktop for doing my daily work. I Installed Classic Shell to get the start menu back on the desktop.

I agree. MS changes direction so far that by the tinme you have gotten proficient in a programming language, MS and others have shifted focus and have created a new HOT language. Why can't we add the required functionality to the existing languages instead of creating a new flavor of the month?

Yes, I do like the meto look. I have a WP7 and the UI just seems to work very well. Its simple and very easy to follow. Will Win8 have live titles like WP7?

I can't speak for everyone else, but my company has millions of lines of VB6 code and it takes time to convert over to .NET. Had MS made a decent conversion utility from VB6 to VB.NET we would have moved years ago. As it is, we are maintaining the old VB6 code, and writing new apps in .NET.

If you want a slide out keyboard I think Motorola still makes an Android phone with one and I think there are one or two models of WP7 with a keyboard. I love my WP7 HTC HD7 but it was hard to give up the keyboard... that said the touchscreen keyboard on the HTC HD7 works very well and the large 4.3 inch screen helps too. I know its hard to get iPhone uses to even admit that another phone OS exists, but give WP7 a try... I think you will love the unique interface like I do.

Thats awsome... good job. Maybe that jerk will get the message. There are too many people out there that would rather inconvenience other people, then be inconvenienced themselves.