>>And why isn't VFP being altered to take advantage of multi core CPUs?
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>Microsoft has nailed the coffin shut on VFP. Sedna is just flowers at the funeral.

If that's the case, shame on them. VFP could easily be altered into a version that could crush oracle and all other comers. Maybe they'll sell the VFP source to some other company and it will become what it should morph into.