> Hmmm.  This is disappointing and I suspect the philosphy of this comes from
> Listserv's Mainframe roots.   Whether we like it or not, MS Access is the
> predominant database platform in use - speaking strictly from a number of
> users perspective.  I believe LSoft is missing a rather large market by not
> customizing it's WinX version to utilize it.

Windows 95/98/ME outnumbers Windows NT/2000 by a large factor. L-Soft
supports both systems and I think we have maybe a couple dozen Win95/98/ME
clients. The reason is simply that people who run LISTSERV typically use
Windows NT/2000, SQL Server, etc. LISTSERV does not really target the
consumer or desktop system markets, although we do have products for these
markets.

L-Soft does not have anything against Access in particular. The LISTSERV database
interface is generic and will work with any database that supports a minimal
function set. Perhaps newer versions of Access do, if so they will work with
LISTSERV, if not they won't. Either way, the demand for Access support is
virtually nonexistent and we can hardly cripple the functionality offered to people
who use real databases like Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server just to provide support
for Access.

  Eric