Paul Reeves wrote:

> On Thursday 19 May 2005 18:08, buppcpp wrote:
>
>>I've tried the ODBC driver, it's great...and probably the best
>>driver that
>>I've come across, but I can't use it because Microsoft will be
>>dropping
>>support for ODBC thru OLEDB/ADO in the near
>>future.
>>
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
>>us/dnmdac/html/data_mdacroadmap.asp
>>
> What you assert may well be true, but I can't see any evidence in the link
> you provided. If anything MS sees a future for ODBC drivers, with a
> 64-bit port on the horizon and provision of a .NET provider specifically
> for ODBC.

Microsoft may WANT to drop support, but they will have difficulty. What
percentage of machines are still Window95 or Office 97 ;)

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