Walter, I hope there's plenty of room on your pedestal:

http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeremy.miller/archive/2005/07/05/130093.aspx
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000292.html
http://www.paragoncorporation.com/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=28

The beauty of google - it's easy to find just about anything you want. <s>

Most of the people on this forum who have worked in both VFP and now .NET are general proponents of stored procedures. It's not just me, and I really find some of the reactions amusing.