Sorry I did not notice this posting until today. I loaded VFP 9 on VMware (demo) and it worked. Not to sure I like it much. Just for infomation the Linux has ODBC too. You might be able to use the Linux version. Not real sure. The VMware appears to work (odbc that is). Just a note: a new wine is out that supports more and is suppose to be better.

As far as bloat I think Linux is on the same path (although you can remove many of the loaded modules). I do have a friend that has removed D-BUS, HAL and anything to do with USB and claims an increase in preformance. My guess that is that it's not to much of an increase.

John