>>they say "I'm always waiting". The enduser doesn't know
>>VFP from SQL Server, AS400, Oracle, etc. but they do
>>know MUCH slower perfermance.
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>There are many things that can be done about SQL Server perfomance...most of them are simple tuning issues.

And M$ is a champion of writing products which need excessive tuning, and moreover, the default values are quite often aimed for simplicity and not performance. This goes for WExplorer, IExplorer... and I think this adds the SQL server. I'm waiting for one to be delivered to us soon, and I'm almost sure you'll hear me speaking in lots of four letter words (they line up nicely in a nonproportional font)..