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[Andy]

> On Monday 30 April 2007 05:57, Mark Wallace wrote:
> > It annoys me thoroughly that the class that I am taking in Access only
> > wants assignments submitted in Microsoft formats.?
> 
> Is it really inappropriate for a class about Access to want students to use 
> Access?  It would be different if the class was generically about desktop 
> database managers.
> 
This is typical of secondary education generally, instead of teaching SQL databases they teach Access. To almost anyone outside IT "computer literacy" means a good grasp of M$ Office. Most people, including those in high decision-making positions, honestly believe that there is no alternative to Microsoft, they are like the guy in "Rain Man" who can only contemplate buying clothes from K Mart. Students who want to learn databases should be encouraged, not sat on.