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>The question I pose is this, should MS spend time and development dollars enhancing aspects of VFP that other tools do as well or better, or should MS invest in developing the aspects of VFP that would make a premier middle tier development tool?
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Jim,

On the other hand, does it really make sense for MS to (virtually) eliminate the very MAJOR selling point of VFP, namely its SPEED???

Sure you can argue that MS is pushing SQL-Server (cause it makes much more dough for them), but that doesn't serve the small to middle, and even some larger companies very well, does it!?

What real good is a "premier middle tier development tool", that being where the business rules are enforced and the data requirements are determined. This stuff would generally get only marginal benefit from OOP, common procedures/functions being just about as useful for such logic.

Regards,

Jim N