Hiya Bruce ---

>>Thats great, but is it something we can tap into, or should we be prepared to develop using that as our data source? Just curious.
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>We've been hearing about this too. Some questions:
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>1) Someone said it still requires SQL Server on a server to function. Anyone know about this?

Nope. There will be a desktop, embedded version that will work locally or standalone.

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>2) How would this work with vfp? There doesn't seem any point to replacing local machine vfp data with a more complex interface...
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You could use SQL-Server as a local data store with ADO or through a database connection SPT or remote view.

>3) Also, what might the cost be, is it anything similar to the server version per-user license? Or would this come standard with Office-Prof., maybe?

I dunno but I expect relatively cheap.