A lot of people think that businesses run on a bunch of complex and expensive applications.  SAP, JD Edwards, MS CRM and the like.

The truth is that the vast majority of businesses are SMALL businesses.  And a small business usually runs on a combination of an accounting package, pen and paper, MS Word, MS Excel and maybe MS Access.

However, a time comes when a growing business finds that the systems they have been using are now causing them more trouble than they solve.  A smart or lucky business finds that out before the whole thing breaks down.

Then they need to progress to a better system. 

• Pen and paper moves to Excel or Access. 
• Excel moves to Access. 
• Access moves to SQL Server, and a web or desktop front end,
• or maybe an off the shelf application.

Applications move from being single user to being able to function with 5 or 10 people using them at once.

A very large proportion of what I do as a bespoke developer involves taking an existing Excel or Access based system, and moving it to the next step.

I'm considering taking an Access application I wrote over 10 years ago, and turning it into a .NET Windows application.

As part of the exercise, I can record the process on video and create a training course out of it.

If anyone would be interested in learning how to convert Access applications to .NET "nicely", drop a comment in and I'll start the process.