>>Somehow I am reminded of Ashton Tate and how it protected dBase. I have the feeling that Microsoft will shut down this technology. Having control of your product is more important than a few VFP developers being happy. Just think about the Microsoft line while using VFP and Linux!
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>With this product, several mantras which were set in stone in 2000 just fall:
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>- ADO.NET is THE data provider in dot net, and we don't need no other way of doing data
>- VFP can't be 64 bit as that would require a major rewrite with unpredictable results
>- VFP can't do more than 2G per file as that would require it to go 64 bit
>- VFP.NET would not be VFP at all, it would have to lose its local data engine
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>All of those now look like political decisions, not technical roadblocks at all. Emperor's clothes look a little odd, too.

We must be careful about discussing this subject. Microsoft may excommunicate us for uttering such sacrilege! :)