Following a recent topic by Eric Johnson, about his companies policy to move everything to MS Access 2K, I would like to suggest that things like this are bound to happen so long as Visual Basic (& thus VBA) is pretty much the industry standard programming language. Just take a look at the IT courses offered by most colleges and it is all VB6. That is often why companies insist on MS Office, because they know that they can find professionally qualified people to lever Office with VB6 & VBA.
Perhaps the battle against MS will never be on equal terms unless Alpha organise a certification in programming course recognised by certified bodies in the USA & here in the UK (The Association of Certified IT Professionals). There are lots of colleges offering certification in VB6, and this is fuelling demand for MS products. People pay well for such courses leading to a recognised qualification, and the Govt also gives annual grants to anyone wishing to learn IT skills.
If colleges could offer a certificate in programming A5 with Xbasic, this might be the most important way to get Alpha mainstream. It would also offer companies using Alpha a guarantee of the quality of the programmer, as well as the security that they can easily source other certified Alpha programmers should they wish to.
You know the saying when buying a shop is POSITION, POSITION, POSITION! Well, in IT it's CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION!
Alpha could set up a course by post that is recognised by the professional bodies, charge a nice fee, obtain govt grants, and make a nice profit whilst getting A5 properly recognised. This, I suspect, would be the bomb that shakes mighty Microsoft!
Perhaps the battle against MS will never be on equal terms unless Alpha organise a certification in programming course recognised by certified bodies in the USA & here in the UK (The Association of Certified IT Professionals). There are lots of colleges offering certification in VB6, and this is fuelling demand for MS products. People pay well for such courses leading to a recognised qualification, and the Govt also gives annual grants to anyone wishing to learn IT skills.
If colleges could offer a certificate in programming A5 with Xbasic, this might be the most important way to get Alpha mainstream. It would also offer companies using Alpha a guarantee of the quality of the programmer, as well as the security that they can easily source other certified Alpha programmers should they wish to.
You know the saying when buying a shop is POSITION, POSITION, POSITION! Well, in IT it's CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION!
Alpha could set up a course by post that is recognised by the professional bodies, charge a nice fee, obtain govt grants, and make a nice profit whilst getting A5 properly recognised. This, I suspect, would be the bomb that shakes mighty Microsoft!
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