Why Microsoft Access?
Microsoft Access is a tool that can develop applications quickly and powerfully. Access has powerful forms and reports. Access is capable of handling over a million transactions. Admittedly, Access is a file based system which has it's limits. But if that is an issue, Access will be used only for the "front end" while, Sql Server will be used as the "back end". This essentially makes the application a client server application.
AA can build this Access/Sql application with no software cost to you. Access can always be developed as a "run-time" version which means our customers will not even need Access installed on their pc's. As far as Sql Server goes, Sql Server has an "Express" edition that is free from Microsoft. Many times this "Express" edition will suffice.