John

>The point is - I think most of us are using FoxPro because
>it is simply the best data tool around.

I agree VFP is very good. So was the blunt stick until the bow and arrow was invented.<g> We need to be sure that our "blunt stick" vendor is testing gunpowder instead of fiddling with paint colours when we see competitors with longbows. <g>

>I simply access a 1 million record table with both Access and FoxPro.

My clients don't care about that so much, since most data is in SQL Server. IMHO that will become more common, even for small clients. We need to emphasise VFP's C/S data handling and management capabilities more than dbf features- dbfs have quite a few weaknesses that can be legitimately used against us. Eg: security- there is none. Yet the Cryptor 3rd party product has been available for years to encrypt dbf files. One can fairly ask why VFP tables still have no native security, almost uniquely in mainstream databases. This is why I emphasise FP's *cursor* power, allowing VFP to massage and manipulate datasets from backends better than the opposition. A lot of casemix tools for hospitals do exactly that.

IMHO we need to keep the pressure on MS and remind them who we are and what we do when we feel we are being slighted. There are lots of us.

Regards

JR