Brian's School Update

I got an A in my last programming class. This isn’t to say that I would feel too comfortable programming a real Windows application yet. I may play around with a few DOS applications, make them object oriented, then when I feel comfortable, move on and re-read the Windows
stuff.
I am currently in Database Applications, which seems like it will focus initially on Excel as a database and then move onto Access. I see little chance of it covering MySQL or any other SQL database which would be of more value to us. I understand that is part of their Office products, but MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle would be more valuable to us then Access. If we have to stick to a Microsoft product, why not Microsoft SQL?