[Tutor] python and MS Access db's

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> I've got to do the same thing now at my new job....
> are some commercial (really expensive) ODBC drivers 

Somewhat off topic, but are these really that expensive? 
How much is your time worth? If it took you a week to 
roll your own driver would it cost more or less to your 
company than buying a ready built one? Especially if you 
include the lost opportunity cost of getting the product 
to market one week quicker too!

Expensive drivers are relevant in pesonal use or academia 
but for companies who (presumably) develop software for 
sound commercial reasons buying "expensive" drivers 
is usually the cheapest option.

Just a thought,

Alan g.
[ who spends ~million dollars annually on expensive 
commercial software but saves 10s of millions on even
more expensive developer time ]